40% of Covid-hit suffer heart muscle damage
40% of Covid-hit suffer heart muscle damage ByDurgesh Nandan JhaDurgesh Nandan Jha / Updated: Dec 18, 2020, 06:50 IST (This story was first published in The Times of India on Dec 17, 2020) NEW DELHI: Data of cardiac MRI conducted as part of health research across the world has revealed that 40% of Covid-19 recovered or active heart muscles. The results, which were collated and published recently in Journal of Thoracic Imaging (JTI), showed that out of 199 Covid-19 patients, mostly recovered, 90 (40%) had myocarditis or inflammation of the heart muscle. Only 21% had a normal MRI. The rest ha...
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