In rare cases, people hospitalized for COVID-19 can develop heart failure, even if their hearts were previously healthy, new research shows.
The researchers found that of over 6,400 COVID-19 patients at their hospital, 0.6% newly developed heart failure. That included eight patients — mostly relatively young men — with no history of heart disease or risk factors for it.
Heart failure arises when the heart cannot pump blood effectively enough to meet the body’s needs, which results in symptoms like breathlessness, rapid heart rate, fluid buildup, and swelling in the legs and feet.
Doctors have known that COVID-19 patients can develop heart failure, but it has not been clear how frequently that happens.
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