Episode 11 - COVID-19 and the Heart

In this episode, We talk to Dr. Lauren Gilstrap who is a heart failure and transplant cardiologist. Dr. Gilstrap walks us through cardiovascular risk factors associated with severe COVID-19 disease, acute and chronic cardiovascular complications of COVID-19, and the benefits of the vaccine for patients with heart disease.  Marshall Ward, MD is a staff hospitalist  and Associate Section Chief of Hospital Medicine at at Dartmouth-Hitchcock. Amogh Karnik, MD is a Chief Medical Resident at Dartmouth-Hitchcock. If you have any questions for us, drop us a line at [email protected]!