This is a really excellent short video from Dr Rae Duncan, a consultant cardiologist at the University of Newcastle with a degree in infectious diseases
She covers the cardiovascular complications arising from both acute Covid and Long Covid
In relation to Long Covid, Dr Duncan provides a very helpful and easy to understand explanation of how Covid infection can inflame and damage the endothelium – the inner lining of blood vessels – and how this inflammation may then lead to the development of small fibrin/amyloid micro-clots inside the capillaries/smaller blood vessels
It is interesting to note that endothelial dysfunction has also been reported in ME/CFS – this research is summarised and referenced in the Research section of the 2022 MEA purple book
Dr Charles Shepherd,
Trustee and Hon. Medical Adviser to the ME Association,
Member of the 2018-2021 NICE guideline on ME/CFS committee,
Member of the 2002 Chief Medical Officer's Working Group on ME/CFS
