Role of antibodies, inflammatory markers, and echocardiographic findings in post-acute cardiopulmonary symptoms after SARS-CoV-2 infection

The LIINC cardiology team has carefully studied blood markers following COVID-19 along with cardiac echocardiograms (ultrasounds) in a subset of LIINC volunteers. They found that people with Long COVID with heart and lung symptoms demonstrated elevations in certain markers of inflammation and a handful had findings suggestive of mild inflammation around the heart.