Why COVID-recovered patients have cardiac events when exercising

The primary symptoms of COVID-19 are respiratory, but concerns about the involvement of other organs such as the heart have been repeatedly raised.

In addition to heart-related complications occurring during the course of COVID-19, an increase in the frequency of cardiovascular events has been noted for several months following the infection. Countries such as Japan, Norway, and Australia have observed excess mortality even during the relatively benign Omicron variant, a significant portion of which is attributed to such events

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dr rajeev jayadevan

Dr Rajeev Jayadevan completed his MBBS and MD General Medicine with top honours from Christian Medical College (CMC) Vellore in 1995. He received training in Clinical Epidemiology and Public Health from Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands. He was awarded MRCP (UK) from England in 1996. He obtained Board Certification in Medicine and Gastroenterology (Fellowship) from New York Medical College, and spent 3 years in the UK and 10 years in the US before returning to his hometown of Cochin. He has extensive international experience of performing over 20,000 endoscopies, in addition to research and publications. He established the department of Gastroenterology at Sunrise Hospital, Cochin in 2009.
His academic track record is exceptional. He was the Kerala state SSLC second rank holder in 1984, Kerala state Medical entrance first rank holder in 1986 and Kerala state Engineering entrance 4th rank holder in 1986.

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