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Covid infection linked to risk of heart attack in young people
Doctors from the nations leading heart organization published a study linking the Covid virus to a higher risk of heart disease, stroke and death.
People who get sick with Covid are at a higher risk of heart attacks and strokes years after clearing the infection, a major study suggests.
Using data from over 200,000 people from the United Kingdom with an average age of 70 who caught Covid in 2020, researchers found the more sick someone was, the more likely they were to develop heart problems.
Overall, being infected with Covid doubled someone's risk of a heart attack or stroke at least three years after the initial infection.
And patients who were hospitalized because of the virus were four times more likely to develop cardiovascular disease than those who didn't get it.
This new research comes as other doctors search for clues as to why fatal heart attacks in people under 45 have been increasing. Some point to the Covid virus as a cause.