The same mechanisms involved in COVID-related cardiovascular events are responsible for COVID-related myocarditis.

Chest Pain (Angina) Chest pain, known as angina, is a common warning sign of significant artery blockages. It often feels like pressure, squeezing, fullness, or pain in the center of the chest.

The heart is a muscle about the size of your fist. Your heart pumps blood and oxygen to all of the organs and tissues of the body through a network of “pipes” called arteries and veins. The heart ...

All blood vessels are specifically structured to perform their function. For example, a capillary is microscopically thin to allow gases to exchange, the arteries are tough and flexible to cope ...

Diseases of the heart and blood vessels are known as cardiovascular diseases. That means all heart diseases are ...

But no one was looking at the vasculature," the blood vessels that carry the virus throughout the body and in and out of the heart. From her lab in New York City, Giannarelli had front-row seats ...