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Around 50% of patients who have been hospitalised with severe COVID-19 and who show raised levels of a protein called troponin have damage to their hearts. The injury was detected by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans at least a month after discharge, according to new findings published in the European Heart Journal. It is is the largest study to date to investigate convalescing COVID-19 patients who had raised troponin levels indicating a possible problem with the heart.
Washington [US], February 18 (ANI): Around 50 per cent of patients who have been hospitalised with severe COVID-19 and who show raised levels of a protein called troponin cause damage to their hearts.
Five-year-old hospitalised with Covid-linked illness
In a statement, a spokesperson for Children s Health Ireland (CHI) said since the start of the pandemic, there have been 32 children known to CHI who had symptoms of PIMS
Tommy O Neill, 5, was hospitalised with Paediatric Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome (PIMS TS), which has been linked to Covid-19 in children.
Thu, 18 Feb, 2021 - 09:00
Aine Kenny
The family of a very ill five-year-old boy say they want to raise awareness of a dangerous inflammatory condition linked to Covid, after their child was hospitalised last week.
Last Thursday, Tommy O Neill from Dublin was taken to Tallaght hospital after becoming unwell.
Damages include inflammation of the heart muscle (myocarditis), scarring or death of heart tissue (infarction), restricted blood supply to the heart (ischaemia) and combinations of all three