A recent study found that the risk of heart disease is higher for those who have recently recovered from COVID-19.
ARLINGTON, Texas — It’s undoubtedly a fear for many: a heart attack hitting with no warning at all. With many people experiencing first-time heart issues in the wake of COVID-19, experts are urging survivors to not let down their guard as a second heart issue could hit them even worse.Domonique Reagan, an Arlington resident, recently suffered a heart attack at just 33 years old
A recent study published by the Nature Medical Journal found that long-term heart disease risk is higher for people who recently recovered from COVID-19 Reagan said she had no real warning signs. At just 33 years old, she was healthy, active and even tended to eat right on most days. Knowing too that her mother had died from a heart attack at just 45 and her grandfather just a few years prior, Reagan began cardiac rehab at the hospital with specialist Shelby Schroeder. The multi-month program would take her through monitored exercise and slowly work her heart back into shape. After all, Schroeder reminds patients, the heart is a muscle that needs to be exercised.
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