How To Diagnose Myocarditis After Covid
AARP cited a May 2021 study of almost 1600 US college athletes who had Covid that found 23percent developed myocarditis which causes damage and can lead to serious health problems according to the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute. Symptoms can include chest pain shortness of breath or palpitations. Un3zx9nkyt Ywm Early studies in collegiate athletes who tested positive for COVID-19 reported that 15 had CMR findings consistent with myocarditis. How to diagnose myocarditis after covid . The most common time you get it is after a virus infection but you can also get it after a heart attack says cardiologist Daniel Anderson MD PhD. However myocarditis occurs in only a small number of COVID-19-positive cases. COVID-19 myocarditis diagnosis should be guided by insights from previous coronavirus and other myocarditis experience. You may have seen multiple articles out there that describe myocarditis after COVID vaccination and how you should be concerned about it. Among pe...