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CORONA VIRUS AND HEART DISEASE
What are the dangers for heart patients in relation to COVID-19?
Everyone with a heart condition or who previously had a heart condition may just be a little bit rattled when they hear, Corona!. Every time I hear that “people with a heart condition are at risk” I have many questions. I’m not afraid but I am cautious to find out what that means for me as a “heart patient”.
I know I have to be wise and sanitize, but is there more that I have to know?
So this is what I found.
What do the experts mean when they say “people with a heart condition are at risk”? Does the coronavirus “attack” the heart? Maybe attack the heart vessels? Or something like this? I don’t think so and I did some google digging.
HEART CONDITION
Now that is a very broad category.
It includes…..are you ready for it: Congenital heart disease(I was born with Tetralogy of Fallot), Arrhythmia (I have had a few problems with Atrial Fibrillation also called AF, AFIB or A-fib), Coronary artery disease, Dilated cardiomyopathy, Myocardial infarction, Heart failure, Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, Mitral regurgitation, Mitral valve prolapse, Pulmonary stenosis, and many other conditions too.