Michael Herbert is greeted by his daughters after being in the hospital with Covid-19. The MRI data revealed that people infected with coronavirus had some sort of heart involvement regardless of any preexisting conditions, the severity or course of their infection, the time from their original diagnosis or the presence of any specific heart-related symptoms. Those data were compared with a group of 50 healthy volunteers and 57 volunteers with some underlying health conditions or risk factors. The researchers used cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, blood tests and biopsy of heart tissue. Most of the patients – 67– recovered at home, with the severity of their illness ranging from some being asymptomatic to having moderate symptoms. They were recruited for the study between April and June. The study included patients ages 45 to 53 who were from the University Hospital Frankfurt Covid-19 Registry in Germany. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) John Moore/Getty Images The civilian/military team, made up of physical and occupational therapists turns over COVID-19 patients to help their labored breathing and increase lung capacity. STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT - APRIL 24: A "prone team," wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), turns over a patient with COVID-19 in a Stamford Hospital intensive care unit (ICU), on Apin Stamford, Connecticut. One of the JAMA Cardiology studies found that, among 100 adults who recently recovered from Covid, 78% showed some type of cardiac involvement in MRI scans and 60% had ongoing inflammation in the heart. So there are multiple ways during this infection that it can involve the heart.” “Sometimes people have very fast heart rates that can, over time, weaken the heart muscle, reduce the heart muscle function. It could be due to blood clots that are formed, causing an obstruction of arteries,” Goldberg said. And the cardiac involvement can either be due to direct involvement of the heart muscle by the infection and its inflammatory response. “There is an acute inflammatory response, increased blood clotting and cardiac involvement. Nieca Goldberg, medical director of the NYU Women’s Heart Program and senior adviser for women’s health strategy at NYU Langone Health in New York, who was not involved in either study. “We’ve understood for a few months now that Covid-19 is not only a respiratory infection but a multi-system infection,” said cardiologist Dr. At the age of 64, Jorge received a double lung transplant as a result of Christopher's death, as Christopher had signed up to be an organ donor.Ĭhristopher's heart, liver, kidneys, pancreas and corneas ended up being donated to six other people.Doctors baffled as virus triggers mysterious health issues Jorge was misdiagnosed as a child with cystic fibrosis, and it wasn't until his 40s that his lung condition was revealed to be a disease called primary ciliary dyskinesia. The only slight change from the real-life story is that Chris's girlfriend was referred to as Jenn in the book, while in the movie, she's called Sam. The movie is based on the book All My Tomorrows: A Story of Tragedy, Transplant and Hope, written by Chris's father Eric Gregory. While this bit is left out of the movie, the rest of 2 Hearts is told almost completely accurately.Ĭhris in real life was Christopher Gregory, a 19-year-old freshman who tragically died from a brain aneurysm. In the movie, Jorge is referred to as the heir to a rum dynasty, which is accurate as it's based on the real-life story of Jorge Bacardi, a member of the Bacardi family who have distributed rum and other spirits for more than 150 years. Play icon The triangle icon that indicates to play 2 Hearts true story: What happened to Jorge Bacardi?
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