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Nearly 1 in 3 adults with severe long COVID have rare heart-rhythm disorder, data suggest

Nearly 1 in 3 adults with severe long COVID have rare heart-rhythm disorder, data suggest

An uncommon heart-rhythm disorder occurs in nearly 1 in 3 adults with severe long COVID, most of them middle-aged women, Swedish researchers write in Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology.  In contrast, the condition affected less than 1% of the Swedish population before the pandemic. POTS causes a rapid heartbeat when standing up after lying down and sometimes at rest and during …

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