Stress Testing Can Help Determine Which Patients Are Likely to Benefit From Heart Procedures to Improve Survival

Mount Sinai study can help guide proper treatment course for patients depending on heart function and severity of heart damage

COVID-19 can kill heart muscle cells, interfere with contraction

A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis provides evidence that COVID-19 patients’ heart damage is caused by the virus invading and replicating inside heart muscle cells, leading to cell death and interfering with heart muscle contraction. The researchers used stem cells to engineer heart tissue that models the human infection and could help in studying the disease and developing possible therapies.

Ultrasounds Show Impact of COVID-19 on the Heart

International study may guide therapeutic strategies in patients with and without underlying heart conditions