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.

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