A new Chinese study announced that one in five patients with Covid-19 suffers from a deficiency in the heart muscle, heart failure, and possibly sudden death.
And 19% of 416 patients in hospitals showed signs of cardiomyopathy, half of them died from the disease, and only 4.5% recovered, and Italian doctors published a report on coronary heart disease-related infections, and found a 53-year-old man with no previous illnesses with inflammation The heart muscle after a week of fever and dry cough due to "Covid-19," according to the "Dubai Future Observatory".
The New York Times published a report on a 64-year-old patient in Brooklyn who was hospitalized to treat an arterial blockage, and doctors discovered that the patient was not suffering from a heart attack, but rather from the Corona virus.
We know that the lungs of Covid-19 patients are affected by the SARS-Cove-2 virus, and the focus has been on respiratory problems and a lack of artificial respirators in hospitals.
"We were only thinking about the lungs, and suddenly we started to hear the direct effect on the heart," said John Rumsfeld, chief science officer at the American College of Cardiology.
The new news baffled cardiologists in their attempt to understand the effect of "Covid-19" on the cardiac muscle and the best method of treatment.
Scientists have several guesses about the relationship between the virus and inflammation of the heart muscle. High amounts of "cytokines" may lead to enlarged lungs and the heart, due to the breakdown of the body's immune system, as reported by "The New York Times."
The cause may be a large amount of viruses, according to Scientific America. Examining patients to determine the cause seems elusive. Hospitals do not have sufficient electrocardiographs to screen isolated patients. But discovering the relationship between the virus and the heart muscle may be important in finding a cure for the pandemic.
"Maybe we should assume that the virus directly affects the heart, but it is necessary to make sure of it categorically."