COVID-19 and the Heart: What Have We Learned?

An overview of information about the connection between COVID-19 and heart health. In this article, Our Bodies Ourselves content expert Dara K. Lee Lewis discusses pre-existing heart conditions that can put one at risks for more severe COVID-19 infection, how COVID-19 can damage the heart, and how we can mitigate the affect of COVID-19 on our health.

A person with a vulnerable heart is more likely to succumb to the effects of fever, low oxygen levels, unstable blood pressures, and blood clotting disorders — all possible consequences of COVID-19 — than someone previously healthy.

SOURCE: Harvad Health Publishing: Harvard Medical School • AUTHOR: Dara K. Lee Lewis, MD • LAST UPDATED: January 8, 2021