For patients with HF, COVID-19 vaccination was associated with lower risk for hospitalization, ICU admission or death compared with those partially or unvaccinated, researchers reported.
According to data published in the Journal of Cardiac Failure, these associations remained true even if the patient tested positive for SARS-CoV-2.
“I launched this study because our heart failure patients often express fear of getting the COVID-19 vaccine after hearing reports of vaccine-related myocarditis, which would cause another cardiac setback for them. Until now, it has been difficult to explain