COVID-19: Pandemic to cause 'exponential' growth in heart disease

  • 📰 SkyNews
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 35 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 17%
  • Publisher: 67%

United Kingdom Headlines News

United Kingdom Latest News,United Kingdom Headlines

The COVID-19 pandemic will cause 'exponential' growth in heart disease over the next few years, researchers have claimed

The COVID-19 pandemic will cause"exponential" growth in heart disease over the next few years, researchers have claimed.can cause heart damage, but the pandemic also means that patients are delaying care for heart attacks and strokes, according to a report published by the American Heart Association.

These issues are compounded by the cardiovascular health risks that are"exacerbated by the lifestyle behaviours that have been prevalent throughout the pandemic", said Dr Salid Virani,PM 'deeply sorry' as UK exceeds 100k deathsMyocardial injuries have been reported in a number of adult patients since the earliest days of theAdvertisement

Studies have found that up to 28% of adult patients hospitalised with COVID-19 have also developed myocardial injuries, although most of these adults had pre-existing cardiovascular disease.in 55% of patients with the virus who were examined with an echocardiogram, with one in seven showing severe dysfunction.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 35. in UK

United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.