Among all the consequences of covid-19, a recent German study shows that the virus can cause heart complications for recently recovered patients. Complications that affect people who have been seriously affected as well as those who have had a lighter form ...

The Covid-19 epidemic is not yet over as specialists are already worried about the potential consequences of the disease on the body and in particular on the heart. A German study published a few days ago showed abnormalities in recently recovered patients from the coronavirus. These cardiac complications would be all the more worrying as they would affect both seriously ill patients and patients who had a milder form of Covid-19. 

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Abnormal results in 78% of recovered 

In fact, out of 100 patients recently recovered from the coronavirus, 78 presented abnormal results in the heart. This study, conducted by doctors from the Frankfurt hospital, corroborates the observations of French specialists. If the body recovers from Covid-19, the virus has stuck to several organs and in particular to the blood vessels of the heart.

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Heart rate too high

This explains the persistent symptoms in many patients, as affirmed by Benjamin Davido, infectious disease specialist at Raymond Poincaré hospital in Garches. "The majority of these patients have, at rest, an unsuitable heart rate, extremely fast, which will mean that when they are going to make an effort, the heart can no longer rise since it is already at the maximum of its capacities", details the infectious disease specialist. "This mismatch probably explains the anthology of all the symptoms, with muscle and chest pain."

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These sequelae require the rapid establishment of an effective post-Covid monitoring system to properly monitor these patients. Good news despite everything: these complications would not be irreversible, provided rehabilitation is carried out.