People affected by Covid have a risk increased by half of developing cardiovascular disorders between 2 and 12 months following infection. By infecting 380 million people worldwide, Covid has contributed to 15 million new cases of cardiovascular disease on the planet.
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Inflammation of the heart, arrhythmia, clots, stroke, coronary heart disease that can lead to death. Those who have been affected by Covid have a 55% increased risk of developing a cardiovascular disorder.
Even more worrying, the danger increases by 72% for infarctions and heart failure, 71% for arrhythmias that can lead to a stroke, 193% even for pulmonary embolisms.
These are the results of an American study of 154,000 patients, mostly unvaccinated, carried out between March 1, 2020 and January 15, 2021. It therefore does not take into account the Delta and Omicron variants which appeared shortly following. this period.
An American study conducted on 60-year-olds sends shivers down the spine
An analysis described as robust by the head of the cardiovascular center of the European Hospital George Popmidou and which “shivers him down the spine”… even if this risk of cardiovascular disorder linked to an infection was already known.
This increased risk has been observed even in those who have only developed mild forms of Covid. but the more severe the symptoms, the more the possibilities of occurrence of this type of disorder increase.
For some, these complications arose where there was already silent pathology. But for others, the Covid infection has triggered a new disease.