How does Covid-19 affect your heart?
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What's on this page What’s the link between Covid-19 and heart attacks and stroke? How does Covid-19 affect the heart? What heart and circulatory conditions can you get after Covid-19? Covid-19 and blood clots Covid-19 and heart damage Covid-19 and heart palpitations or high heart rate Covid-19 and myocarditis Can Covid-19 cause high blood pressure? Can Covid-19 cause diabetes? What’s the link between Covid-19 and heart attacks and stroke?Research suggests that Covid-19 can increase the risk of heart and circulatory conditions, like heart attackand stroke, after infection.A study published in the journal Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology in October 2024 used data from over 11,000 people, with and without existing heart or circulatory conditions, who tested positively for Covid-19 between February and December 2020. This was before the Covid-19 vaccine was available in the UK.Compared to nearly 220,000 uninfected people, those infected with Covid-19 were more than twice...