"Long COVID, unfortunately, is common. It currently affects more than 100 million people globally, and somewhere in the region of 20 to 30 million people suffer from cardiac long COVID." #CovidCausesHeartDamage #CovidHarmsYourHeart
TL;DR thread:
TL;DR thread:
JAMA: 'New Guidance on Cardiovascular Disease and COVID-19—From Infection to Long COVID to Vaccination'
'Long COVID...currently affects more than 100 million people globally, and somewhere in the region of 20 to 30 million people suffer from cardiac long COVID.'
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
'Long COVID...currently affects more than 100 million people globally, and somewhere in the region of 20 to 30 million people suffer from cardiac long COVID.'
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
What Is Cardiac Long COVID?
This Medical News article is an interview with the lead author of a new European Society of Cardiology clinical consensus statement on cardiovascular disease prevention and management in COVID-19.
jamanetwork.com
October 26, 2025 at 5:28 AM
"Long COVID, unfortunately, is common. It currently affects more than 100 million people globally, and somewhere in the region of 20 to 30 million people suffer from cardiac long COVID." #CovidCausesHeartDamage #CovidHarmsYourHeart
TL;DR thread:
TL;DR thread:
"crucial reminder for clinicians to remain vigilant regarding the enduring cardiovascular consequences [...] after COVID-19."
#CovidCausesHeartDamage
(Microbiology Spectrum, 15 May 2025)
#CovidCausesHeartDamage
(Microbiology Spectrum, 15 May 2025)
West China Hospital studied 292 patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies and found those with prior COVID-19 had significantly more cardiac injury, higher heart inflammation scores, and worse echocardiographic results than those without.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Investigating the profile of patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies in the post-COVID-19 period | Microbiology Spectrum
This study systematically analyzed the clinical features, laboratory test results,
and echocardiographic findings of patients with IIMs, comparing those with and without
a history of COVID-19 infectio...
journals.asm.org
May 16, 2025 at 5:05 AM
"crucial reminder for clinicians to remain vigilant regarding the enduring cardiovascular consequences [...] after COVID-19."
#CovidCausesHeartDamage
(Microbiology Spectrum, 15 May 2025)
#CovidCausesHeartDamage
(Microbiology Spectrum, 15 May 2025)
I agree. Media coverage is abysmal. We need grassroots PSAs
#CovidHarmsYourHeart #CovidCausesHeartDamage
#AvoidCovid #AvoidLongCovid #weararespirator 😷
#CovidHarmsYourHeart #CovidCausesHeartDamage
#AvoidCovid #AvoidLongCovid #weararespirator 😷
May 25, 2025 at 10:09 AM
I agree. Media coverage is abysmal. We need grassroots PSAs
#CovidHarmsYourHeart #CovidCausesHeartDamage
#AvoidCovid #AvoidLongCovid #weararespirator 😷
#CovidHarmsYourHeart #CovidCausesHeartDamage
#AvoidCovid #AvoidLongCovid #weararespirator 😷
"Hundreds of studies have shown that COVID increases the risk of heart and blood vessel damage. Even after mild or asymptomatic acute COVID, inflammation can cause plaques to build up in the arteries, increasing the risk of stroke and heart attack"
#CovidHarmsYourHeart #CovidCausesHeartDamage
#CovidHarmsYourHeart #CovidCausesHeartDamage
covidtoolbox.com
June 2, 2025 at 12:47 PM
"Hundreds of studies have shown that COVID increases the risk of heart and blood vessel damage. Even after mild or asymptomatic acute COVID, inflammation can cause plaques to build up in the arteries, increasing the risk of stroke and heart attack"
#CovidHarmsYourHeart #CovidCausesHeartDamage
#CovidHarmsYourHeart #CovidCausesHeartDamage
"Neurologic symptoms such as impaired memory, dizziness and peripheral neuropathy were common, along with fatigue, mental conditions such as anxiety and depression [...] and cardiovascular complications such as heart failure and abnormal heart rhythms"
#CovidCausesBrainDamage#CovidCausesHeartDamage
#CovidCausesBrainDamage#CovidCausesHeartDamage
1 in 5 COVID survivors still have symptoms 3 years after severe infection, analysis estimates.
"Neurologic, pulmonary, and cardiovascular symptoms were the most prevalent"
"Death rates were also higher in those with and without neurologic signs at 3 years"
#LongCOVID
"Neurologic, pulmonary, and cardiovascular symptoms were the most prevalent"
"Death rates were also higher in those with and without neurologic signs at 3 years"
#LongCOVID
1 in 5 COVID survivors still have symptoms 3 years after severe infection, analysis estimates
www.cidrap.umn.edu
June 10, 2025 at 2:14 AM
"Neurologic symptoms such as impaired memory, dizziness and peripheral neuropathy were common, along with fatigue, mental conditions such as anxiety and depression [...] and cardiovascular complications such as heart failure and abnormal heart rhythms"
#CovidCausesBrainDamage#CovidCausesHeartDamage
#CovidCausesBrainDamage#CovidCausesHeartDamage
Ppl "would have had heart failure and did have heart failure before COVID [...] to try and discern how much is COVID-related [...] can be a bit difficult. But the certain thing is that COVID does cause heart failure."
#CovidCausesHeartDamage #CovidHarmsYourHeart 👇
#CovidCausesHeartDamage #CovidHarmsYourHeart 👇
It's not just love that's in the air
YouTube video by The John Snow Project
www.youtube.com
October 26, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Ppl "would have had heart failure and did have heart failure before COVID [...] to try and discern how much is COVID-related [...] can be a bit difficult. But the certain thing is that COVID does cause heart failure."
#CovidCausesHeartDamage #CovidHarmsYourHeart 👇
#CovidCausesHeartDamage #CovidHarmsYourHeart 👇
"Heart failure was [...] the underlying cause of more than 92,000 US deaths in 2024 [&] a contributing cause in over 423,000 others"
"the sharpest increases occurred in younger and middle-aged groups—an unusual shift that has unsettled cardiologists"
#CovidCausesHeartDamage #CovidHarmsYourHeart
😷
"the sharpest increases occurred in younger and middle-aged groups—an unusual shift that has unsettled cardiologists"
#CovidCausesHeartDamage #CovidHarmsYourHeart
😷
It's almost like Long Covid effects virtually everyone that gets Covid... Which is virtually everyone at this point...
Heart Failure Deaths Have Accelerated in US Since Covid Pandemic
The Covid pandemic didn’t just kill people directly. It appears to have accelerated a long-brewing reversal in US heart failure deaths, with mortality climbing faster since 2020 after years of decline...
www.bloomberg.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:47 PM
"Heart failure was [...] the underlying cause of more than 92,000 US deaths in 2024 [&] a contributing cause in over 423,000 others"
"the sharpest increases occurred in younger and middle-aged groups—an unusual shift that has unsettled cardiologists"
#CovidCausesHeartDamage #CovidHarmsYourHeart
😷
"the sharpest increases occurred in younger and middle-aged groups—an unusual shift that has unsettled cardiologists"
#CovidCausesHeartDamage #CovidHarmsYourHeart
😷
📌 Filing this under #CovidCausesBrainDamage
Also under #CovidCausesHeartDamage
or #CovidHarmsYourHeart, I forget which hashtag I decided I like better
Because I don't like any of these things Covid does
So I #weararespirator in public indoor places, avoid crowds
Hope you #AvoidLongCovid too 😷
Also under #CovidCausesHeartDamage
or #CovidHarmsYourHeart, I forget which hashtag I decided I like better
Because I don't like any of these things Covid does
So I #weararespirator in public indoor places, avoid crowds
Hope you #AvoidLongCovid too 😷
“The Long COVID Foundation has put together The Danger Dozen. Twelve important papers that express the long term harm of a SARS-CoV-2 Infection & Long COVID.“
www.longcfoundation.org/post/Danger-...
www.longcfoundation.org/post/Danger-...
Danger Dozen
The Long COVID Foundation has put together The Danger Dozen. Twelve important papers that express the long term harm of a SARS-CoV-2 Infection & Long COVID. You can download the pdf at the bottom of t...
www.longcfoundation.org
June 11, 2025 at 7:43 PM
📌 Filing this under #CovidCausesBrainDamage
Also under #CovidCausesHeartDamage
or #CovidHarmsYourHeart, I forget which hashtag I decided I like better
Because I don't like any of these things Covid does
So I #weararespirator in public indoor places, avoid crowds
Hope you #AvoidLongCovid too 😷
Also under #CovidCausesHeartDamage
or #CovidHarmsYourHeart, I forget which hashtag I decided I like better
Because I don't like any of these things Covid does
So I #weararespirator in public indoor places, avoid crowds
Hope you #AvoidLongCovid too 😷
"Symptoms such as tachycardia, palpitations & chest pain dominate the cardiovascular phenotype"
"no specific risk factors have been identified by cluster analysis, suggesting that these types of symptoms may occur in cardiovascular-burdened & previously healthy individuals"
#CovidCausesHeartDamage
"no specific risk factors have been identified by cluster analysis, suggesting that these types of symptoms may occur in cardiovascular-burdened & previously healthy individuals"
#CovidCausesHeartDamage
Post‐COVID‐19 condition: clinical phenotypes, pathophysiological mechanisms, pathology, and management strategies
Post-COVID-19 condition (PCC), also known as long COVID, is a complex multiple organ system condition that can develop and persist for months after acute COVID-19. PCC encompasses a wide range of sym....
pathsocjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
"Symptoms such as tachycardia, palpitations & chest pain dominate the cardiovascular phenotype"
"no specific risk factors have been identified by cluster analysis, suggesting that these types of symptoms may occur in cardiovascular-burdened & previously healthy individuals"
#CovidCausesHeartDamage
"no specific risk factors have been identified by cluster analysis, suggesting that these types of symptoms may occur in cardiovascular-burdened & previously healthy individuals"
#CovidCausesHeartDamage