Scientists from the Swedish University of Umeå have found that in the first two weeks after COVID-19, the risk of heart attack and ischemic stroke is significantly increased, according to a scientific article in the Lancet journal.
“In our study, we determined that COVID-19 is an independent risk factor for ischemic stroke and acute myocardial infarction,” the report said.
In total, more than 86 thousand people took part in the study, which is the largest study in the world on the connection of coronavirus with cardiovascular diseases. Scientists compared the incidence of myocardial infarction and stroke in patients with COVID-19 with the incidence of cardiovascular disorders in people from the control group (348 thousand people) from February 1 to September 14, 2020.
It turned out that COVID-19 increased the risk of acute myocardial infarction and stroke in the first two weeks after illness by about three times. This relationship persisted even after taking into account factors such as comorbidities, age, gender, and socioeconomic factors.
Earlier, the General Director of the V.A. Almazov National Medical Research Center, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, President of the Russian Cardiological Society Yevgeny Shlyakhto also reported that coronavirus can cause complications in the cardiovascular system. “Patients with cardiovascular diseases are a particularly vulnerable group in the situation of the spread of a new coronavirus infection, since they have both a high risk of severe course and unfavorable outcomes of COVID-19, and an increased risk of worsening the course and development of complications of cardiovascular disease,” he explained. …
The Russian Ministry of Health, in turn, warned that 20-30% of those who have had a coronavirus infection may experience thrombosis as part of the postcoid syndrome. Among other serious complications after an illness, the department attributed dyspnea (it is observed in 31.7% of those who had recovered), cough (13.5%), complaints of chest pain and tachycardia (12.7%).
According to the Russian headquarters, a day earlier, 23,508 coronavirus cases were detected in Russia, another 785 people died. In total, for all epidemics in the country, more than 6.3 million people were infected, and 160 thousand died.
