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Study confirms link between influenza, heart complications – Mirage News
Getty Images “Our team motto is ‘Get a flu shot,’ ” said lead author Eric Chow, a UW Medicine fellow of allergy and infectious diseases. The link…
The link between influenza and serious heart conditions just grew stronger.
A CDC study looking at more than 80,000 adult patients hospitalized with flu over eight seasons found that sudden, serious heart complications were common, occurring in 12% of patients, or 1 in 8.
“Previous to our study, there had been suggestions between the link, but our study shows just how common it is,” said lead author Eric Chow, an infectious diseases fellow at University of Washington School of Medicine.
The s…
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