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Heart failure patients who are not vaccinated against coronavirus are three times more likely to die from Covid-19 than those who are also vaccinated with a booster dose, according to a new US scientific study.
Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine[/B] and Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, led by associate professor of cardiology Anuranda Lala, who published the paper in the Journal of Cardiac Failure, analyzed data on 7.094 patients with heart failure, of whom 31% had had two doses of vaccine, 15% three doses, 9% one dose and 45% were unvaccinated.
It was found that the unvaccinated and those who had had a single dose were three times more likely to die from complications of Covid-19. They were also 15% more likely to need hospitalization after being infected with coronavirus and were almost twice as likely to be admitted to an ICU than those who had taken three doses.
Many heart failure patients, according to the study, show a reluctance to be vaccinated, fearing possible rare side effects such as myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle), but the risk of coronavirus is much greater.
"The findings further emphasize that patients with heart failure should take vaccines seriously, as they have worse outcomes if infected with Covid-19."
Source: APE
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