The Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer / BioNTech does not increase the risk of serious cardiovascular problems such as heart attacks, strokes and pulmonary embolism in people over the age of 75, according to a French study published on Monday.
The researchers say their work “reassuringly indicates that vaccination with” Pfizer / BioNTech “does not appear to be associated with an increased risk of serious cardiovascular events in people aged 75 and over”, both after the first and second administration. doses.
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The research was carried out as part of the Epi-Phare research group, which associates the French National Medicines Safety Agency (ANSM) and the National Health Insurance Fund (CNAM).
The researchers considered all cases of heart attacks, strokes and pulmonary embolisms hospitalized in France between December 2020 and March 2021 in people aged 75 and older, both vaccinated and unvaccinated. In total, it was a group of almost 30 thousand. people. Researchers compared the prevalence of cardiovascular problems at different times; The 14-day periods after the first and second dose of vaccine were taken as the risk periods and all others as control periods.
‘Overall, the frequency of hospital admissions for myocardial infarction, ischemic stroke, hemorrhagic stroke and pulmonary embolism in people aged 75 and older did not differ significantly’ between these different periods, the study concluded.
Epi-Phare scientists now plan to update this data. “As soon as information is available, analyzes will continue to measure this risk, especially in people with a history of cardiovascular events, in younger populations, and for other Covid-19 vaccines,” it said.
In France, the vaccination campaign began at the end of December 2020 and initially only targeted elderly people, mainly vaccinated with the Pfizer / BioNTech preparation.
In May, in a previous study focused on the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine, the Epi-Phare group found that the vaccination reduced the risk of developing severe Covid-19 by 87%. in people over 75 years of age, just seven days after the second dose.
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