For some patients, cardiovascular problems persist long after COVID

A large study found the incidence of cardiac and other serious cardiovascular problems was 4% higher in the 12 months after people were diagnosed with COVID-19 compared to those who were not infected.

Robi Tamargo never worried much about her heart.

The 61-year-old had started running competitively in middle school, played Division 1 sports in college and kept up her exercise routine throughout her life, working out regularly at her local gym before work.

But that changed in the spring of 2020 — when she got COVID.