March 1, 2021 Heart damage found in half of COVID-19 patients discharged after hospitalisation Half of patients who have been hospitalised with severe COVID-19 have damage to their hearts. The damage includes inflammation of the heart muscle (myocarditis), scarring or death of heart tissue (infarction), restricted blood supply to the heart (ischaemia) and combinations of all three. The study, published in the European Heart Journal, involves 148 patients from […]