New findings suggest that there's something about the stress of severe COVID-19 that may be harming the heart in atypical ways, even mimicking heart attack symptoms.
MONDAY, April 20, 2020 -- Eighteen patients with severe COVID-19 treated at a New York City hospital showed the classic signs of aBut a closer look at each case revealed that more than half of these patients didn't have a blockage in a major artery, the typical trigger of a heart attack. Thirteen of the 18 patients died of cardiac causes while in the hospital, said a team from the New York University Grossman School of Medicine.
The EKGs displayed a classic"elevated ST segment" reading that's indicative of heart attack, the doctors said. Ten patients displayed ST elevation at the time they were admitted to hospital, while eight others showed it during their hospital stay. That's because using the standard heart treatment -- clot-busting drugs -- may sometimes be useless in these patients, as"half of them may not have major blockages," he explained.
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