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COVID-19 patients may experience long-term cardiovascular complications
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COVID-19 patients may experience long-term cardiovascular complications

By Sally Robertson, B.Sc. Researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle have conducted a study suggesting that infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) can directly infect heart tissue and contribute to whole-organ cardiac dysfunction. Charles Murry and colleagues found that the virus directly infected cardiomyocytes, impaired their electrophysiological and contractile properties,...