There have been scary articles about how COVID causes long term heart damage, even in people who have completely recovered. Or who thought they had. As a YouTubing cardiologist, I thought I should take a closer look. Heart Doctor Dissects: Coronavirus and the heart. Part of the If It Ducks Like a Quack series, where I examine medical claims and evidence. Don't forget to watch my recent video about how COVID is causing a lot of sloppy science: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7leWXMr3ayk References: Original study (now corrected): https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2768916 Tweetorial on CMR paper: https://twitter.com/ProfDFrancis/status/1288246926392070145 Another explanation of problems with the cardiac study: https://twitter.com/IAmTheActualET/status/1295745239878119427 Errata: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2770026 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2770024 Good summary (pre-latest developments): https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/936098 T-shirt from my friend Matt over at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr8gsAaPXZuG0UR-zTk9mMg ----------------- More Medlife Crisis: http://www.medlifecrisis.co.uk/ https://twitter.com/medcrisis https://www.facebook.com/Medlifecrisis https://www.instagram.com/medcrisis