The Daily Beast Is COVID-19 Creating a Generation of Heart Failure Patients Skip to main content Close Select your preferred language English عربى 简体中文 繁體中文 فارسي עִברִית 日本語 한국어 Русский Español Tagalog Menu Close Call 1-800-CEDARS-1 toggle search form Close Los Angeles, 30 July 2020 09:00 AM America/Los_Angeles The Daily Beast Is COVID-19 Creating a Generation of Heart Failure Patients Eduardo Marbán, MD, PhD, is director of the Smidt Heart Institute. Photo by Cedars-Sinai In an article published by TheDailyBeast.com, Eduardo Marbán, MD, PhD, executive director of the Smidt Heart Institute, comments on a pair of new research studies presenting strong evidence that some COVID-19 patients develop long term heart problems after they have recovered from a novel coronavirus infection. According to two separate studies from scientists in Germany-both published in the Journal of the American Medical Association-investigators found that COVID-19 could invade a patient's heart, causing chronic cardiac damage that only surfaces weeks or months after an initial COVID-19 diagnosis. "To me that's concerning because it means you can recover from COVID and have a potentially smoldering heart sensitivity," Marbán told The Daily Beast. "There is potentially more than meets the eye with patients we think are doing quite well." Marbán, who was not involved in the studies, pointed out that roughly a quarter of COVID-19 patients admitted to New York City hospitals showed heart damage, but few exhibited extreme cardiac events like heart attacks or arrhythmias. Marbán called this a medical disconnect. "The cardiac biomarker elevations are high, but very few patients get sick in the heart, so to me this has been all smoke and no fire," Marbán said. "But now, two to three months out, patients could be exhibiting significant abnormalities…It means that there's something going on long-term that we didn't suspect clinically." Marbán and other experts told the The Daily Beast that this research should be considered a wake-up call that COVID-19 is not only limited to the lungs. Click here to read the complete story from The Daily Beast, written by Miranda Green. Related Stories RSS feed - Related Stories (opens in new window) View all headlines - Related Stories HealthDay Black Women Less Likely to Get Laparoscopic Fibroid Surgeries October 07, 2022 09:00 AM America/Los_Angeles HealthDay recently interviewed Rebecca J. Schneyer, MD, a resident in the Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Program at Cedars-Sinai, about a study she led that found Black and Hispanic women were less likely than white women to receive minimally … Read more KCRW Want New Omicron Booster Wait at Least 2 Months After Last Shot October 06, 2022 09:00 AM America/Los_Angeles KCRW program Press Play recently featured Rita Shane, PharmD, vice president and chief pharmacy officer at Cedars-Sinai, discussing who qualifies for the updated COVID-19 booster and how long patients must wait before getting the shot.The Centers … Read more ABC 7 Spider-Man Swings by 4-Year-Old Leukemia Patient s Birthday Party at Cedars-Sinai September 30, 2022 09:00 AM America/Los_Angeles ABC 7 recently profiled Cedars-Sinai patient Jabari Henley, who celebrated his fourth birthday with a special superhero at Guerin Children's newly opened inpatient facility.The Lifedriven Foundation helped throw Henley a surprise party in the Guerin … Read more Show previous items Show next items Contact the Media Team Email: [email protected] Contact Melissa VizcarraSenior Communications Specialist melissa.vizcarra@cshs.org Share this release The Daily Beast Is COVID-19 Creating a Generation of Heart Failure Patients Share on: Twitter Share on: Facebook Share on: LinkedIn Search Our Newsroom Social media Visit our Facebook page (opens in new window) Follow us on Twitter (opens in new window) Visit our Youtube profile (opens in new window) (opens in new window) Latest news 07 Oct 2022 - HealthDay Black Women Less Likely to Get Laparoscopic Fibroid Surgeries 07 Oct 2022 - Faculty Publications: Sept. 29-Oct. 6 07 Oct 2022 - Fine-Tuning Organ-Chip Technology 06 Oct 2022 - KCRW Want New Omicron Booster Wait at Least 2 Months After Last Shot 05 Oct 2022 - Cedars-Sinai Schedules Free Flu Vaccine Clinics 04 Oct 2022 - Cedars-Sinai Showcases Hispanic and Latinx Art Newsroom Home