Analysis: Setting the record straight: There is no ‘Covid heart’

Setting the record straight: There is no 'Covid heart' In a world where success is measured by clicks, the idea that even mild cases of Covid-19 could pose a new and unprecedented threat to the heart took off, even though it was largely unsubstantiated. Patrick Skerrett STAT

After a year of frightening headlines, widespread concern, and countless retweets that the virus that causes Covid-19 may attack the heart more aggressively than any other viral illness, the verdict is in: It doesn’t.

A report published last week in the journal JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging made that verdict blatantly clear.

It’s time to set the record straight on Covid-19 and the heart, and to consider the lessons for how science is communicated to the public.

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