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hroughi
nfect
i
onsmays
par
eyounghear
ts— s
tudy

Publ
i
shedMay24,
202204:
44AM

ByNANCYLAPI
D,Reut
ers

TheOmicronvar
iantoft
hecor
onav
irusdoesnothaveanegat
i
veaff
ectoncar
diov
ascul
arheal
t
hin
youngadult
swhohav ebeenv
acci
nated,asmall
studys
uggest
s.

Earli
ervariant
shav ehadadetri
mentalaff
ectonpat
ient
s'hear
tsandbloodv es
sels
,and
researchersexpectedtoseesi
mi l
arpatt
ernswhent
heycompar ed23y oungadul
tswit
hOmicr
on
breakthroughinfect
ionsdi
agnosedwithi
nthepasts
ixweeksto13v accinat
edyoungadul
t
swho
neverhadCOVI D-19.

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erageageofs
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ti
ci
pant
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ly-t
omi
d-20s
.

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edonFr i
dayintheAmer i
canJournalofPhysiol
ogy-Hear tandCircul
ator
yPhys
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ogy,
markersofcar
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cularheal
thincl
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el f
uncti
onandr esponsiv
enesst
osti
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,
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i
ffnessofart
erywall
s,heartr
atevari
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l
it
y ,
andt heheart'
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ood
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es s
ure.

OTHERSTORI
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umespubl
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por
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ng

Phi
l
ippi
nes
,mos
tregi
onss
ti
ll
atmi
ni
mal
ri
skf
orCOVI
D-19—DOH

ADVERTI
SEMENT

"Contr
aryt
oourhy
pot
hesi
s,"theresearcherssai
d,t
herewer
enodi f
fer
encesinanyofthese
parameter
sbet
weenheal
t
hy ,
v acci
natedy oungadul
tswhocont
ract
edCOVI D-19dur
ingthe
Omi
cronwav
eandt
hos
ewhonev
erhadCOVI
D-19.

Thefindi
ngthat"notal
lvari
antsmaybedet ri
ment altocar
diovascularhealt
hinyoung,ot
herwi
se
healt
hyadult
s..
.i
sallverypromis
ing,"t
heys aid."
Howev er,t
hereiss omerecentevi
dencethat
cardi
ovascul
arhealthmays ti
l
lbeimpactedint helongter
m...Therefor
e,fol
low-upstudi
eswil
lbe
neededtodeterminelong-t
ermcar di
ovascularhealt
houtcomes .
"- -Reuters

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