Covid infections raise risk of heart conditions up to a year later
Zee News
People who have never had any heart problems and were considered low risk are also developing heart problems after Covid-19.
New York: People, who have had COVID-19, are at increased risk of developing cardiovascular complications within the first month to a year after infection, report a study. The researchers showed that Covid amplified the risk of heart disease among people who were clearly at risk for a heart condition before becoming infected with SARS-CoV-2. But most remarkably, people who have never had any heart problems and were considered low risk are also developing heart problems after Covid-19.
The findings, published in the journal Nature Medicine, showed that heart disease, including heart failure and death, occurred in 4 percent more people than those who had not been infected with Covid-19, which can roughly be translated as 3 million people in the US who have suffered cardiovascular complications due to Covid.
Compared with those in the control groups without any infections, people who contracted Covid-19 were 72 percent more likely to suffer from coronary artery disease, 63 percent more likely to have a heart attack, and 52 percent more likely to experience a stroke.
