COVID-19 infection appeared to increase risk of heart attack & stroke up to 3 years later. The risk was also higher among people with A, B or AB blood types, compared to type O, finds new study.

I’ve linked to the press release in the post above. In this comment, for those interested, here’s the link to the peer reviewed journal article:

https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/ATVBAHA.124.321001

From the linked article:

COVID-19 infection appeared to increase risk of heart attack & stroke up to 3 years later

The risk was also higher among people with A, B or AB blood types, compared to type O, finds new study in journal Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Research Highlights:

– An analysis of UK Biobank health data that included adults who had mild to severe COVID-19 before vaccines were available found an increased risk of heart attack, stroke and death among those adults during the nearly three-year follow-up period after COVID infection.

– The elevated risk of heart attack, stroke and death linked to COVID-19 infection was found to be comparable to cardiovascular risk factors such as Type 2 diabetes, peripheral artery disease and cardiovascular disease.

– The study found that having a non-O blood type (A, B, AB) was associated with an increased risk of heart attack and stroke among those with COVID-19 infection before vaccines were available.

– Researchers noted that the findings suggest that people infected with COVID-19 might benefit from cardiovascular disease prevention treatments to lower risk of future cardiovascular outcomes.

Thanks, Fauci, for funding the Wuhan lab with my tax $ to fund coronaviris research just a few years before the outbreak ((in Wuhan)). Thanks.