Date: July 21, 2020 Source 1: Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Source 2: www.sciencedaily.com Summary: A series of autopsies conducted by LSU Health New Orleans pathologists shows the damage to the hearts of COVID-19 patients is not the expected typical inflammation of the heart muscle associated with myocarditis, but rather a unique pattern of […]
Study suggests cardiac arrests and arrhythmias are likely triggered by systemic illness, not solely due to the viral infection itself Date: June 22, 2020 Source 1: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Source 2: www.sciencedaily.com Summary: Patients with COVID-19 who were admitted to an intensive care unit were 10 times more likely than other hospitalized
Date: May 22, 2020 Source 1: American Heart Association Source 2: www.sciencedaily.com Summary: It’s inappropriate to consider blanket do-not-resuscitate orders for COVID-19 patients because adequate data is not yet available on US survival rates for in-hospital resuscitation of COVID-19 patients and data from China may not relate to US patients, according to a new article.
