Inside Precision Medicine March 20, 2024
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can damage the heart in patients with ARDS (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome) without directly infecting heart tissue, a new study has found. These findings suggest it is systemic inflammation that causes this damage.
“The research also suggests that suppressing the inflammation through treatments might help minimize these complications,” said Michelle Olive, PhD, associate director of the Basic and Early Translational Research Program at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI).
The study was published in the journal Circulation today. The senior author is Matthias Nahrendorf, MD, PhD, Center for Systems Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital.
It’s already known that COVID-19 increases the risk of heart attack, stroke, and Long COVID. Also, prior imaging...
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