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    55% increased risk of heart disease in people infected with Covid-19

    • Last Update: 2022-03-09
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    Science and Technology Daily, Beijing, February 8 (Intern reporter Zhang Jiaxin) According to a paper published in the journal "Nature Medicine" on the 7th, American researchers found through in-depth analysis of federal health data that people with new coronary pneumonia were infected after infection.


    Observations of the long-term effects of COVID-19 have found that COVID-19 can lead to serious cardiovascular complications and death, said senior author Ziad Al-Aly, an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Washington


    Al-Avery also said that for those who were clearly at risk for heart disease before contracting the disease, COVID-19 may amplify that risk


    The Covid-19 patients in the study were mostly older white men, and the researchers also analyzed data that included women and adults of all ages and races


    "Some people may think 4% is a small number, but considering the severity of the epidemic, it is not


    Compared with a control group without any infection, people with COVID-19 were 72% more likely to develop coronary heart disease, 63% more likely to have a heart attack, and 52% more likely to have a stroke


    Overall, people with COVID-19 were 55% more likely than others to experience major adverse cardiovascular events, including heart attack, stroke and death


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