People who got COVID-19 vaccines had a reduced risk of heart failure, compared to people who didn’t get vaccinated, according to researchers from the University of Oxford in England.
March 18, 2024 – By now, most of us have heard the benefits of getting a COVID-19 vaccine, like the reduced risk of serious illness should you get a COVID infection and a significantly lowered chance of hospitalization or death should you get sick. Now, there may be another benefit to add: Getting a COVID shot may also help reduce the risk of heart failure.
The protection lasted up to a year and also lowered the chance of experiencing heart inflammation and some types of blood clots. The findings wereThe authors suggested that their large study provides another look at what they called the “tangled” relationship between COVID and the risk of heart and blood clot problems. Previous research on the topics has provided complex findings on the relationship between vaccination and the risk levels of those conditions.
“Our findings probably reflect the fact that the vaccines are effective in reducing infection, and minimize the risk of severe COVID-19. These results could encourage COVID-19 vaccination among hesitant people who are worried about the potential risk of vaccine side effects,” said lead study author Nuria Mercade Besora in apublished by the Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences at the University of Oxford.
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