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According to him, the virus affects the heart.
“People with cardiovascular disease come to us mainly. The virus directly affects the heart muscle. Most importantly, it leads to the formation of microthrombi in the small vessels that feed the heart muscle. That’s where the complications come from. We have not stopped treating patients with cardiovascular disease who do not have COVID-19. This was stated on the air of “NOVA Week” by the director of UMHAT “St. Catherine” Prof. Gencho Nachev.
Cardiologist: COVID-19 has a direct effect on the heart
Ensures that every effort is made to avoid mixing patient flows with healthy patients.
“There is an operating room dedicated to patients who are coronavirus. There is a separate invasive laboratory for COVID and two others that are dedicated to treating patients who do not have COVID. There is no mixing of the flows, ”Nachev explained.
“The coronavirus it can trigger symptoms of another disease. Recovery from infection can be expected after the third month. So it is good to do a CT scan of the lungs and see what is the state of the body. The infection can remain in the body up to the sixth month, “explained the professor. According to him, many experts recommend that an MRI of the heart be performed.
Professor Nachev also believes that people’s conscience should not be trusted, but rather have the strictest possible control and punishment for those who do not comply with the measures. But he clarified that he was not asking for a full emergency shutdown.
The director of St. Catherine Hospital also commented on the tragic case in a Plovdiv hospital.
“We cannot blame the minister for these things, it is a matter of organization. Most of the country’s hospitals are not under the auspices of the minister. So we have to look for the fault in the mayor or in the City Council. These are isolated cases, ”he said.
Watch the entire conversation on the video.
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