Becker's Healthcare January 23, 2025
Virus season can prompt confusion for heart patients, as symptoms of serious cardiovascular conditions often mirror those of respiratory illnesses, according to New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System.
Cardiologists at Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital said patients have mistaken symptoms of serious heart conditions for respiratory illnesses this virus season.
“For example, some patients have shortness of breath, wheezing, coughing, swelling, and palpitations, and assume their symptoms are linked to a cold, when in fact they were actually in heart failure,” Johanna Contreras, MD, a cardiologist at the hospital, said in...
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