Coronavirus heart disease, will there be any long-term effects from COVID-19? I review 2 recent studies published in the Journal of the American Association this week. Many viruses cause heart disease through inflammation and subsequent heart failure, will the new coronavirus be shown to do the same thing? The first study was an autopsy study looking at how many patients have the virus in their heart cells and whether there was ongoing inflammation in heart tissue. The second study looked at 100 survivors of COVID-19 to investigate whether there are effects of the coronavirus on the heart. The investigators looked at MRI studies of the heart, cardiac troponins, as well as chamber sizes and cardiac function. These are obviously preliminary studies that will need to be further evaluated but bring up the issue is heart failure going to be a long-term problem in survivors of COVID-19.
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Dr. Keith Moran MD, RCPSC, DABIM, RCS, NBE Biography:
I am a consultant in Internal Medicine with special medical interests in gastroenterology, cardiology, and echocardiography. I am a a full-time practising physician in these areas. I was an undergraduate at the University of Toronto, Trinity College where I received a number of scholarships including one for top student at Trinity College. I attended medical school at the University of Toronto graduating with a gold medal. My internship was completed at McMaster University in Hamilton followed by a residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Western Ontario in London. I then completed a fellowship in General Internal Medicine at the University of Western Ontario. I have active staff privileges and work as a consultant at my hospital managing the intensive care unit and providing consultative care in all hospital departments. I am a past clinical preceptor at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine. I am an active echocardiographer who has been certified and recertified by the National Board of Echocardiography. I am certified in cardiac sonography and have trained and completely educated a number of cardiac sonographers. I am the medical director of my cardiology laboratory which was established in 2001. My laboratory performs echocardiography and stress echocardiography amongst other tests. I maintain my certification in the American Board of Internal Medicine.
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