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"A concerning report recently published in
Nature Medicine suggests even a
mild case of COVID can increase the long-term risks of serious cardiovascular
diseases such as stroke, heart attack and heart failure. The study highlights
our limited understanding of the full consequences of COVID infection and the
long-term impact of the COVID pandemic.
Australia has now reported more than 10 million cases of acute COVID infection
and more than 14,000 deaths, with at least 600 million more people infected
worldwide.
The immediate effects of COVID infection on the heart have been well
documented, with myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle) an infrequent
but potentially lethal complication. But myocarditis only occurs in about 40
people per million infected.
The big concern raised by this fresh study is that medium- to long-term harms
on the body’s blood vessel network (the vascular system) may be much more
common than that. And it could drive a new pandemic of cardiovascular disease
over the coming years."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
