Shawdesh Desk:

“University of Queensland researchers have discovered how COVID-19 damages the heart, opening the door to future treatments,” an official statement from the University has said.

Meanwhile, doctors and health experts have seen a rise in heart diseases post COVID. Many have also estimated a link between COVID vaccine and the rising incidences of heart related complications, Times of India reported.

​Covid has long-term cardiovascular disease       

“During our study, we couldn’t detect viral particles in the cardiac tissues of Covid-19 patients, but what we found was tissue changes associated with DNA damage and repair.,” Dr Arutha Kulasinghe explained.

​Covid is not just like the flu

COVID-19 drives a now recognized syndrome which can result in acute myocardial infarction, myocardial injury, heart failure, disseminated thrombosis, hypotension, arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death, the study emphasizes.

Several complications related to stomach, kidney and liver are also being reported post-COVID.