No association between Covid-19 vaccines used in India and surge in heart attack cases: Study

In a recent study conducted in India, researchers have found no significant association between the COVID-19 vaccines used in the country and an increased risk of heart attacks. The study, which sought to investigate any potential link between vaccination and heart attack cases, provides reassuring evidence about the safety of COVID-19 vaccination.

The study was published in the journal PLOS One looked at impact of COVID-19 vaccination on mortality following acute myocardial infarction (AMI) or heart attack.

They looked at information from 1,578 people who went to G B Pant Hospital in Delhi between August 2021 and August 2022. Out of these people, 1,086 (which is about 69%) got the COVID-19 vaccine, and 492 (about 31%) did not.

In the group that got the vaccine, most of them (about 96%) got both doses, and only a small number (about 4%) got just one dose.

Mohit Gupta, who led the study, from G B Pant Hospital told PTI that their study found that vaccines used in India are safe. There was no association between vaccination in India with heart attack. In fact, the study found that there were less chances of death after heart attack in vaccinated individuals.

The authors of the study in conclusion said that findings of their study showed that the 30-day and six-month all-cause mortality risk was significantly lower in the vaccinated subjects as compared to the unvaccinated population.

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