: Recovered From COVID-19 But Experiencing Heart Palpitations? What You Need to Know #IndiaNEWS #Coronavirus This article is a part of a series by The Better India to share verified information about

Recovered From COVID-19 But Experiencing Heart Palpitations? What You Need to Know #IndiaNEWS #Coronavirus
This article is a part of a series by The Better India to share verified information about COVID-19 care. While several posts on various aspects of fighting COVID-19 are being circulated on social media and messaging services like WhatsApp, we urge you not to trust unverified content. To separate fact from fiction, we will be sharing the videos and content with doctors and experts and bring you their responses with scientific research-backed information.
There have been several new variants of the novel coronavirus since 2019. With each patient, the medical fraternity is learning something new about COVID-19. In this article, we examine the correlation between COVID-19 and heart health.
In this report, Dr Naresh Trehan, Chairman and Managing Director and Chief Cardiac surgeon of Medanta TM-The Medicity said, “At least 15-20 per cent of patients’ hearts are getting affected by the virus. While patients with a history of heart-related illness or those who had stents installed in their hearts or have undergone a bypass surgery are found to be seeking medical help for enhanced symptoms after they contracted coronavirus disease, what is worrying is that in some cases patients with no pre-existing history of cardiac ailment reportedly got an attack. ???
The Better India spoke to Dr Atul Mathur, Director Cardiology & Chief of Cath Lab Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, to understand this phenomenon better.
Dr Atul Mathur
1. Is there a correlation between COVID-19 and heart ailments?
Dr Mathur: Yes, there is a correlation between COVID-19 and heart ailments but this has to be looked at under two categories. The first are those with pre-existing heart disease, such as those who have had a heart attack, bypass, valve operations, and are prone to more severe illness when they contract the COVID-19 virus. The second set are those who contract the COVID-19 virus and develop the viral involvement of the heart muscles, which can lead to myocarditis or heart failure.
Patients are also susceptible to developing acute blood clots in their coronary artery, which results in heart attacks. This is also something that can happen in younger patients.
2. Once you recover from COVID-19, what are the signs one should watch out for, with respect to the heart?
Dr Mathur: In recovering COVID-19 patients, if there were no pre-existing heart ailments, we usually are concerned with two aspects – the occurrence of myocarditis and the formation of blood clots even after four to six weeks of the COVID-19 infection subsiding.
So, even after four to six weeks of recovery one can have an acute attack. One of the signs that one can look out for include a heaviness in the chest.

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