Cardiac consequences of COVID-19

Dr Linda Calabresi

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Dr Linda Calabresi

GP; Medical Editor, Healthed

Dr Linda Calabresi

This week’s expert:
A/Prof Raj Puranik , Clinical Cardiologist at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Westmead Children’s Hospital, Sydney

Drawn from Dr David Lim’s interview with Associate Professor Raj Puranikon the Healthed Podcast, ‘Going Viral’.

• Data from China have shown that although 80% of people with COVID-19 will have only mild symptoms, 5% will have a critical illness.

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