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High prevalence of cardiac post-acute sequelae in patients recovered from Covid-19. Results from the ARCA post-COVID study 🔥Interesting study with shocking results and should be an eye-opener for many, GP’s and Specialists included😠 ➡️"An observational study that investigated the persistence of symptoms and the occurrence of new cardiological alterations in a NON-SELECTED population with previous COVID-19, mainly treated at home in the acute phase of the illness(502 patients)." ➡️"More than 6 months after the SARS-CoV2 infection, 77% of patients were still symptomatic, regardless of hospitalization or home treatment. The most frequent symptoms were : - dyspnoea, - weakness, - palpitations, - fatigue, - and anxiety/depression, with a prevalence greater than 10%." ➡️"Females, older patients, hypertensives, overweight patients, and those with multiple comorbidities, were more likely to present with long-COVID symptoms." ➡️"A significant number of new cardiac alterations were found in 27% of these patients by a routine cardiological examination including ECG, Holter, and TTE. ➡️Among these, pericardial effusion was particularly frequent (12% of patients)." ➡️"New cardiac alterations were more frequent in patients hospitalized for COVID-19 and still symptomatic 6 months later (42%), as compared to patients asymptomatic and with less severe infection (9%). ➡️"The “shocking” results of this study should inform the planning of the follow-up of patients after COVID-19, particularly if a comprehensive cardiologic evaluation was not performed in the acute phase. ❗I’ve said this many times, you only have ONE heart, C-19 and especially reinfection can damage your heart, get a check-up, certainly when above symptoms are present. Remember, the ±10% prevalence only increases after reinfections! https://t.co/FIDozB3b40