published July 27 by researchers at University Hospital Frankfurt, looked at cardiac MRIs of 100 recovered patients between the ages of 45 to 53.
The images were compared to people who had never contracted the virus.Researchers found that 78 patients showed evidence of heart damage after they recovered — and 60 of those patients showed signs of inflammation in the heart muscle weeks after the patients’ recovery.
An undated file image shows a normal human heart during a cardiac MRI. (Photo By BSIP/UIG Via Getty Images) The study noted that the patients were all mostly healthy prior to their illness.
Most had recovered from the virus at home, and 18 people had never even experienced symptoms of the virus.Advertisement"These new findings.