– Are patients with cardiac diseases more at risk of coronavirus? – Beata Tadla asked in Onet Rano. «If they are very ill and have, for example, heart failure, then yes. It must be remembered that the coronavirus damages the lungs as well as the cells of the heart muscle, explained Prof. Adam Witkowski, president of the Polish Society of Cardiology.
Beata Tadla’s guest in the Onet Rano program was prof. Adam Witkowski, Head of the Institute of Cardiology Primate of the Millennium Stefan Cardinal Wyszyński and President of the Polish Cardiac Society.
“There are probably many sick people who have not been diagnosed?” – Beata Tadla asked the expert. «The closure of the offices was not good from this point of view. This is slowly returning to normal, but I must admit that doctors have probably gotten used to remote visits and they are still being continued. This is not bad with many of the patients you know. The e-prescription, for example, worked great. But you can’t do that all the time.
Are Patients With Cardiac Diseases More At Risk Of Coronavirus?
«If they are very ill and have, for example, heart failure, then yes. They are often elderly people, with hypertension etc. etc. The course of the disease is more severe and may lead to severe complications. It must be remembered that the coronavirus damages the lungs as much as the heart muscle cells »- emphasized prof. Witkowski. The president of the Polish Cardiac Society explained that cardiological patients have no contraindications to vaccinate against influenza. “On the contrary. The vaccine should be used especially in older people ».
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