Risk of new heart problems jumps after Covid-19

Risk of new heart problems jumps after Covid-19

Risk of new heart problems jumps after Covid-19

February 09 2022 11:35 PM



Long after recovery from Covid-19, people face significantly higher risks for new heart problems, a large study has found.

Researchers at the US Department of Veterans Affairs compared rates of new cardiovascular problems in 153,760 individuals infected with the coronavirus before vaccines were available, 5.6mn people who did not catch the virus, and another 5.9mn people whose data was collected before the pandemic.

An average of one year after their recovery from the acute phase of the infection, the Covid-19 survivors had a 63% higher risk for heart attack, a 69% higher risk for problematic irregular heart rhythm, a 52% higher risk of stroke, a 72% higher risk of heart failure, and a nearly three times higher risk of a potentially fatal blood clot in the lungs compared with the other two groups, according to a report published on Monday in Nature Medicine.

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