Wearables after COVID-19 Has Passed
March 23, 2021 | Terry Sharrer

Covid 19 – still a concern for the heart
While the death toll from COVID-19 keeps rising, this piece from last summer deserves repeating about the chronic conditions in survivors and their needs for long term monitoring. “Using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) the study [from several European university hospitals] detected cardiovascular abnormalities in 78 percent of the recovered patients. Signs of myocardial inflammation were detected in 60 percent of the subjects. These abnormal results were compared to a healthy age-matched control group, and independent of any cardiovascular disease diagnosed before the patients presented with COVID-19.” This makes a good case for virtual care and distance monitoring. MORE
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