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Vaccinations against COVID-19 and the risk of a heart attack. There are no studies to show a link between myocarditis and the COVID-19 vaccine. Moreover, by protecting ourselves against this disease with vaccination, we reduce the risk of myocarditis and a heart attack.
- Many people are still concerned about vaccination against COVID-19 because of the potential health-threatening side effects
- This applies, inter alia, to myocardial infarction
- To date, it has not been proven that there is a causal relationship between vaccination and cases of myocarditis
- There is, however, evidence that infection with the coronavirus can translate into damage to the heart muscle – emphasize cardiologists
- More information can be found on the Onet homepage
COVID-19 vaccination and myocardial infarction
– Single cases of myocardial infarction after vaccination against COVID-19 are described in the professional literature. But based on these clinical observations, no definite conclusions about the causal relationship can be drawn. They are rather random relationships. Therefore, we should not use this observation as an argument against vaccination against COVID-19 ”- emphasizes Prof. Waldemar Banasiak, specialist in internal medicine, cardiologist, head of the Center for Heart Diseases at the 4th Military Teaching Hospital in Wrocław.
The first suspicions that the COVID-19 vaccine (this information was about a Pfizer product) caused myocarditis appeared in Israel. However, both the European Medicines Agency and Pfizer experts, after analyzing the data, stated that such a relationship was unlikely.
«We have not seen any rate of myocarditis higher than would be expected in the general population. A causal link with vaccinations has not been established. There is currently no evidence that there is a risk of myocarditis with BioNTech / Pfizer, ”the Pfizer statement said.
Vaccinations, stroke and pulmonary embolism
French scientists from Epi-Phare also conducted research on this topic. The researchers considered all cases hospitalized in France for heart attacks, strokes and pulmonary embolisms between December 2020 and March 2021 in people 75 years of age and older, both vaccinated and unvaccinated. In total, it was almost 30. people.
“The frequency of admission to hospital for myocardial infarction, stroke and pulmonary embolism in people aged over 75 did not differ significantly between the periods studied,” the study concluded.
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According to the cardiologist, prof. Maciej Banach from the Medical University of Lodz, when reflecting on such issues, we should not shy away from the main topic. In his opinion, taking vaccines can effectively prevent a heart attack in a person who develops COVID-19. In addition, here we have not individual case reports, but a large database.
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– These are data from a study of a group of several hundred thousand patients in the United States, Israel, Great Britain, published in the best magazines in the world, which say directly that coronavirus infection can translate into damage to the heart muscle. This damage can be of different nature: on the one hand, it can be simply myocarditis, on the other hand – especially if the person has risk factors such as obesity, diabetes, hypertension, lipid disorders or cardiovascular disease – cytokine storm it can cause instability of atherosclerotic plaque and, as a result, disorders of the coagulation system, which translates into an increased risk of a myocardial infarction – explains the cardiologist.
Vaccination against COVID-19 reduces the risk of having a heart attack
He emphasizes that vaccination against COVID-19 reduces this risk significantly, not only during the severe course of the disease, but also in the three months following the disease.
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– This is another thing that should be an argument for anyone who hesitates about vaccination. Let’s not look for strange cause-and-effect relationships that don’t exist, but let’s focus on the fact that the vaccine can protect a very large number of people, especially those with some risk factors. e.g. diabetes (3 million people), lipid disorders (20 million people), obesity (3-4 million people), hypertension (11 million people) before a heart attack – says prof. Maciej Banach.
Monika Wysocka, PAP
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