A rise in stroke and heart ailments has become a matter of concern for health experts. This is after a recent study, published in an international health journal, unmasked clinical features of ‘long Covid’ which suggest cardiovascular complications among Covid-19 patients, including acute coronary events, myocardial injury, and heart failure, can be prevented with timely intervention and routine check-ups.

“Covid-19, being a new pandemic, still has many unknown symptoms and sequels. The coagulation of blood in vessels that supply oxygen to vital organs such as the heart, brain, kidney, liver, long bones and joints, etc has challenged the care and hospitalisation of patients in different stages of Covid. Although many cases of minor clotting causing heart attacks and strokes don’t get reported, it is becoming increasing common with subsequent episodes of Covid or each additional dose of vaccine,” said Dr Subhash Hira, professor of Global Health at University of Washington-Seattle and an Advisor to WHO-Geneva.