Cardiovascular disease and mortality sequelae of COVID-19 in the UK Biobank

Conclusions Individuals hospitalised with COVID-19 have increased risk of incident cardiovascular events across a range of disease and mortality outcomes. The risk of most events is highest in the early postinfection period. Individuals not requiring hospitalisation have increased risk of VTE, but not of other cardiovascular-specific outcomes.

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Source: Heart - December 22, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Raisi-Estabragh, Z., Cooper, J., Salih, A., Raman, B., Lee, A. M., Neubauer, S., Harvey, N. C., Petersen, S. E. Tags: Open access, Editor's choice, Press releases, COVID-19 Cardiac risk factors and prevention Source Type: research