Covid DOUBLES risk of heart attack and stroke long-term.
In severe Covid, it's 4-7 times the risk.
Podcast on long-term risk of heart attack and stroke following Covid infection by Cleveland Clinic Preventive Cardiology co-section head Dr. Stanley Hazen, MD.
COVID-19 significantly raises the risk of major adverse cardiac events, including myocardial infarction and stroke, especially in hospitalized patients.
The risk of thrombotic events is higher in individuals with non-O blood types.
“The risk of MACE (major adverse cardiac events)was elevated in COVID-19 cases at all levels of severity”
“The elevated heart risks from infection did not appear to diminish over time, the study found…
…The researchers involved in the study say they don’t know exactly why Covid has such apparently long-lasting effects on the cardiovascular system.”