A North Texas cardiologist says some of the increase stems from a direct physical impact by the virus on the heart. But much of it resulted from lack of access to health care.

The lingering effects of COVID-19 continue to unfold, revealing new threats that extend far beyond the initial infection. A comprehensive study of 10,000 UK Biobank participants has uncovered a ...

Background Raised cardiac troponin-I is a common finding in patients hospitalised with acute viral infections, including but not limited to COVID-19. This often occurs in the absence of overt ...

Heart biopsy tissue from a patient with COVID-19. New technologies can image the cellular landscape of heart tissue in detail. Heart cell boundaries are stained green, the cell nuclei in blue. A group ...

COVID-19 could leave behind a hidden problem that lingers in women’s bodies for years, a new study has found. The research revealed the virus can prematurely age women’s blood vessels by around five ...

Researchers from the Centenary Institute and the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) have developed a human heart cell ...

Children and young adults who have lingering COVID-19 symptoms are more likely to develop chronic issues with their kidneys, guts and hearts, according to new research from the University of ...