Imaging tests - taken months after recovery from COVID- show lasting damage to the heart muscle, even in people who experienced only mild COVID-19 symptoms. As a result, patients are at an increased risk of heart failure or other heart complications in the future. Hackensack University Medical Center’s Cardiovascular experts, David Landers, MD, vice chair, Heart & Vascular Hospital and Sameer Jamal, MD, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiologist, Heart and Vascular Hospital cardiologist, in coordination with Hackensack Meridian Health’s COVID-19 Recovery Center, are currently evaluating more than 20 patients with Post COVID Syndrome exhibiting symptoms of fatigue, heart palpitations and labored breathing, well after recovery from their COVID-19 infection. The IRB approved, prospective observational study, is actively enrolling patients, with the hopes of providing an etiology and uncovering a plausible mechanism(s) that may suggest potential treatment. Some initial impressions include: 1: Who gets Post COVID Syndrome 2: How long it lasts 3: What therapies exist 4: What are the symptoms 5: How do you know that they are not caused by something else 6: What tests should be done 7: Are the tests dangerous and are the tests covered by insurance 8: Can you return to work 9: Can you transmit the disease when I have Post Covid Syndrome 10: Should you exercise Source
