Patients with COVID-19 who were admitted to an intensive care unit were 10 times more likely than other hospitalized COVID-19 patients to suffer cardiac arrest or heart rhythm disorders, according to a new study from researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
Researchers say the results suggest that cardiac arrests and arrhythmias suffered by some patients with COVID-19 are likely triggered by a severe, systemic form of the disease and are and not the sole consequence of the viral infection. The findings—which differ significantly from early reports that showed a high incidence of arrhythmias among all COVID-19 patients—provide more clarity about the role of the novel coronavirus, SARS-COV-2, and the disease it causes, COVID-19, in the development of arrhythmias, including irregular heart rate (atrial fibrillation), slow heart rhythms (bradyarrhythmia) or rapid heart rate that stops by itself within 30 seconds (non-sustained ventricular tachycardia).
Just shows what a killer disease this is for some. Once again, can't like this post, but it's good that scientists and medics are getting to understand the full consequences of having a severe version of this virus.
I completely understand that, the reverse is just same, no matter how much you agree and like a post, you can only like it once. I do not expect anyone to like my posts, they are just to inform and hopefully educate. Us lungies have to live in a completely different world, understanding about it helps us to make the right decisions, even if it has to be an educated guess, which is better than an uneducated guess.
I often like your posts to show I've read them and appreciate your time and effort in finding them and posting them. You show me there is a lot of wonderful research going on out there, which makes me very grateful.
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Clots not clearing up
Weird thing ever happened to me
Update for all interested 
pulmonary hypertension
update : I saw the respiratory consultant today 
