Chest pain
Rare heart attack-mimicking condition seen after COVID-19
A 17-year-old boy, Mete Karan, who was admitted to hospital with a sudden chest pain, has become the seventh person to be diagnosed with a condition observed after viral diseases such as COVID-19.
Dr Ristic: Cardiac problems after Covid
"It is not unusual to happen that within one systemic, violent inflammatory reaction, the virus reaches, among other things, the cardiovascular system. The disease initially attacks the lungs, but the cardiovascular system suffers both due to poor gas exchange in the lungs and heart muscle inflammation.
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22.8 pct of patients with cardiovascular disease have not been to doctor last year
22.8 pct of patients with cardiovascular disease were not at all at the doctor's last year, reveals a study initiated by the Coalition of Patients' Organizations with Chronic Diseases in Romania (COPAC) conducted online in February, answered to by 320 patients with cardiovascular disease. "22.8 pct of patients with cardiovascular disease did not go to the doctor at all last year.