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It could trigger a "heart failure pandemic" with experts sending a huge warning about a new and worrying "global healthcare risk"..
The report is silent on the reasons, but the COVID pandemic may have significantly changed the situation as those at risk of future heart failure due to "persistent infection of SARS-CoV-2 is expected to exponentially increase"...
The report says, "Even though conclusive clinical evidence that persistent SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with declined cardiac function has not been reported so far, the proof-of-concept study of the possibility of SARS-CoV-2 persistent infection of the heart and the potential risk of opportunistic progression of heart failure should be validated by a three-dimensional human cardiac tissue model which would serve as the alarm bell for a global healthcare risk."..
After several countries, including the US, the UK and China, witnessed a surge in COVID cases in recent weeks, largely due to the influx of a new strain JN.1, health experts have warned that this will increase the chances of potential heart issues for those who catch the disease...
The researchers at Japan's top institute Riken have warned in a report that the ACE2 receptors that coronavirus clings to within human cells are "very common" in the heart..
