Fig. 1.

An analysis of Veterans admitted through the Emergency Room at the Richmond VA Medical Center in 2021 shows that 10 % of the individuals with myocardial injury and a non-ACS diagnosis had COVID-19 as the primary diagnosis, with a poor outcome at a median of 6-months following hospital discharge. CHF, Other diagnoses included Congestive Heart Failure; COPD or Pneumonia, Pulmonary; GI, Gastrointestinal from bleeding, renal failure or other non-specific diagnoses.