COVID SCIENCE-Heart attack patients with COVID-19 have lower survival rate; Israeli data supports use of Pfizer booster
By Nancy Lapid
Nov 1 (Reuters) - The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that have yet to be certified by peer review.
were already hospitalized when the heart attack occurred, 78.5% of those with COVID-19 died, compared to 46.1% of those without COVID-19, according to a report published on Friday in JAMA https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2785893. Overall, the COVID-19 heart attack patients were more likely to have gone into cardiac arrest - when the heart stops beating - and less likely to undergo procedures to reopen clogged heart arteries, the researchers found.