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Cardiology update: Should mRNA vaccine myocarditis be a contraindication to future COVID-19 vaccinations ?

Dr. Anish Koka

Myopericarditis is a now a well reported complication associated with Sars-Cov-2 (COVID-19) vaccinations. To add insult to injury, he contracted COVID 2 months after the second episode of pericarditis, but had no recurrence of the symptoms of pericarditis. The tragedy here is that this wasn’t a surprise.

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Cardiovascular disease development in COVID-19 patients admitted to a tertiary medical centre in Iran

The British Journal of Cardiology

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) have been reported to occur in a significant number of patients diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We report our experience regarding the occurrence of symptomatic and asymptomatic CVDs in COVID-19 patients. In this cross-sectional study, 690 COVID-19 patients were included.

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Abstract 4148010: Evaluation of Echocardiography and Biomarkers for Prognostication of RV Failure in COVID-19 Patients Undergoing Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)

Circulation

Background:Severe COVID-19 infection has been associated with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and right ventricular (RV) dysfunction. A retrospective chart review was performed on 41 patients with COVID-19 on ECMO between March and October 2020.

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Cardiac abnormalities in Long COVID 1-year post-SARS-CoV-2 infection

Open Heart

Background Long COVID is associated with multiple symptoms and impairment in multiple organs. Using cardiac MR (CMR), we investigated a 12-month trajectory of abnormalities in Long COVID. since first post-COVID-19 symptoms. Cardiac-related blood biomarkers could not identify CMR abnormalities in Long COVID.

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New Drug Fails to Improve Diabetes-Related Heart Failure

DAIC

Although they had no symptoms of heart failure or blockages in arteries carrying blood to the heart, they all had structural heart disease or abnormal cardiac biomarkers that classified them as having “pre-heart failure,” putting them at high risk for developing overt symptoms of the diagnosis.

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Pre- and post-pandemic comparisons in cardiovascular markers: a population-based study

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

IntroductionThe COVID-19 pandemic, starting in 2020, raised concerns about potential long-term health impacts, including its effects on cardiovascular health and related biomarkers.

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Improving access to heart-failure screening with a low-cost saliva test

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

Their point-of-care electrochemical biosensor prototype, which resembles a see-through lateral flow test for COVID-19, can measure levels of two biomarkers for heart failure in as little as 15 minutes from just a drop of saliva. So, a team of researchers aims to bring heart failure screening from the lab to the home.