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email article COVID-19 has had an indirect toll on heart health around the world, as cardiovascular testing volumes plummeted and cardiovascular deaths rose in 2020, researchers found. CDC data revealed that in the first U.S. coronavirus epicenters like New York, the number of people who died from ischemic heart disease and hypertension increased dramatically after mid-March compared with historical controls from the year before. It remains unclear whether the excess deaths were related t...

Study links pandemic to big rise in U.S. heart deaths By (0) Researchers have linked the COVID-19 pandemic, and uneasiness seeking medical treatment as part of avoiding the coronavirus, to a rise in heart-related death in the United States. Photo by Pexels/Pixabay In a finding that highlights another health consequence of the coronavirus pandemic, researchers report that the risk of dying from heart disease increased during the coronavirus lockdowns last spring, likely because people were too...