Exciting paper on endothelial dysfunction (ED) in #LongCovid! (Endothelium is a membrane that lines blood vessels).
"Long COVID-19 symptoms, specifically non-respiratory symptoms, are due to persistent endothelial dysfunction."
frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…
Some key points:
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"Long COVID-19 symptoms, specifically non-respiratory symptoms, are due to persistent endothelial dysfunction."
frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…
Some key points:
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-Endothelial dysfunction (ED) is associated with high cholesterol!
-3 symptoms were associated with ED: fatigue, cognitive dysfunction, & shortness of breath. Others, including loss of sense of smell & cough, were not!
#LongCovid
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-3 symptoms were associated with ED: fatigue, cognitive dysfunction, & shortness of breath. Others, including loss of sense of smell & cough, were not!
#LongCovid
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-Reduced Left Ventricle GLS (Global Longitudinal Strain) was associated with #LongCovid (which I believe validates findings from @PutrinoLab et al?)
-There's a note that beta blockers were associated with reduced Long Covid symptoms
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-There's a note that beta blockers were associated with reduced Long Covid symptoms
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@EricTopol you may be interested in this paper
@PutrinoLab I've just been told this team has a follow up paper coming out soon looking at the effects of sulodexide as a treatment in these patients. #LongCovid
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