New data appears to show link between COVID and heart disease
New data appears to show link between COVID and heart disease
While doctors and researchers are only beginning to chart the longer-term health effects of COVID-19 on some patients, striking new data appears to show a connection between COVID surges and heart disease, particularly among younger Americans. NBC’s Erin McLaughlin reports for TODAY and senior medical correspondent Dr. John Torres breaks down what you need to know.
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0 -> foreign
1.46 -> for emergency crews like this one
3.959 -> responding to heart problems is a matter
6.54 -> of life and death we've just been called
9.12 -> out to a report of a cardiac arrest and
12.059 -> a Convalescent Hospital
13.74 -> since the covid-19 pandemic began L.A
16.859 -> County paramedics say they've been
18.6 -> busier than ever with calls like this
21.06 -> one transporting a cardiac arrest
23.58 -> patient County Health officials have
26.1 -> tracked notable increases in cardiac
28.199 -> arrests and heart attacks since the
30.119 -> pandemic began and experts say it's part
32.82 -> of a broader Trend a national study from
35.7 -> Cedar Sinai Hospital shows the deaths
38.04 -> related to heart attacks increased
39.66 -> across every age group since the spring
42.12 -> of 2020 but the group that saw the
45.6 -> biggest increase isn't who you might
48 -> think young people are obviously not
50.46 -> really supposed to die of heart attack
51.539 -> but the relative increase in heart
53.34 -> attack Associated deaths among 25 to 44
55.92 -> year olds was a staggering 30 percent
58.579 -> more than the increase in middle and
61.079 -> older age groups which ranged between 15
63.84 -> and 20 percent paramedic Romeo Robles
66.9 -> noticed an uptick with each coveted
68.939 -> surge in the South L.A Community he
70.979 -> serves yeah surprisingly like people my
73.38 -> age where where we would find them in
75.42 -> cardiac arrest so why the spike in heart
78 -> problems along with each pandemic wave
80.52 -> Dr Susan Chang a co-author of the Cedar
83.58 -> Sinai study is concerned about the covid
86.52 -> connection there are a lot of things
88.14 -> that covet can do to the cardiovascular
90.18 -> system
91.5 -> it appears to be able to increase the
95.1 -> likelihood of blood clot formation it
97.74 -> seems to stir up inflammation in the
99.36 -> blood vessels
100.68 -> it seems to also cause in some people an
103.619 -> overwhelming stress that can also cause
106.079 -> a spike in blood pressure experts are
108.06 -> still working to figure out why young
109.86 -> people are so impacted but Dr Chang says
113.1 -> it may be related to higher viral load
115.32 -> exposure or an excess immune response
118.02 -> and stronger immune systems studies show
120.78 -> Coba 19 is also linked to a rare
123 -> condition called myocarditis the
125.52 -> inflammation of the heart muscle itself
127.74 -> it can strike even young healthy
130.14 -> students like Demi Washington now a
132.84 -> senior on the Women's Basketball team at
134.94 -> Vanderbilt University I just immunely
137.099 -> started crying after Washington came
139.02 -> down with what felt like a mild case of
141.12 -> covid in late 2020 an MRI revealed
144.959 -> unseen damage and stopped her from
147.599 -> playing and the fact that I could have
149.58 -> played is kind of you know hard and
152.76 -> scary to think about she's now recovered
155.099 -> and back to focusing on her rebounds
157.58 -> Washington's Healthcare came before she
160.319 -> got vaccinated still some have pointed
163.14 -> to rare instances of the vaccine causing
165.92 -> myocarditis Health experts say the virus
168.959 -> itself is much more dangerous to your
171.12 -> heart the risk of heart injury of
173.16 -> myocarditis or pericarditis from the
175.8 -> vaccine it's so much lower than the risk
179.4 -> from the covet itself researchers only
181.92 -> beginning to chart the long-term impacts
184.019 -> the pandemic has on the heart while
186.3 -> paramedics continue racing to treat the
188.94 -> damage it's not just the elderly that
191.459 -> are being affected it's also people like
193.319 -> ourselves who are previously healthy
195.78 -> doctors like Susan Chang say they hope
198.42 -> to make new strides toward understanding
200.34 -> what exactly the link is between covid
202.68 -> and heart disease and they're optimistic
205.019 -> they'll learn more with time they're
207.18 -> starting to think that a coveted
208.62 -> infection or reinfections could be
210.72 -> considered a risk factor for heart
212.58 -> disease in and of itself though she says
215.099 -> they have more work to do before knowing
217.379 -> for sure all right Aaron McLaughlin
219.42 -> Aaron thank you joining us with more as
221.459 -> NBC senior medical correspondent Dr John
223.62 -> Torres I think we should start off with
225.36 -> something that a lot of people think and
226.98 -> I think needs to be cleared up there are
229.019 -> a lot of people who believe it is the
230.519 -> covid vaccine that causes heart issues
233.64 -> not covid itself can you just clearly
236.58 -> covet itself there's such a higher risk
238.319 -> of getting a heart issue from covid
239.819 -> especially myocarditis and when you look
241.68 -> at the statistics myocarditis you're 11
243.78 -> times more likely to get it from covet
245.7 -> itself than you are from the vaccine
247.26 -> when it comes to heart attacks there's
248.819 -> been no direct connection between the
250.439 -> vaccine and heart attacks or Cardiac
251.939 -> Arrest there have been some reports but
253.739 -> those reports are usually somebody who
255.299 -> had a heart attack the day after getting
256.799 -> the vaccine which means the vaccine
258 -> really hadn't happened to do anything in
259.919 -> their body it's so interesting to see
261.419 -> that clovid clearly has an impact on
263.52 -> heart health and that's regardless of
266.4 -> age but more pronounced in this younger
268.62 -> group can you just explain that so we do
270.479 -> know that in in the elderly those that
272.52 -> are older you have more heart attacks
274.56 -> overall but the rate is increasing
276.3 -> higher in this younger age group which
278.16 -> is a surprising factor and years ago
280.199 -> when pandemic first started years ago
282.12 -> you know three years ago we thought of
283.44 -> it as a respiratory virus then we
284.82 -> started thinking of it oh it could also
286.199 -> be a vascular virus because we know it
288.36 -> affects the blood vessel Linings
289.68 -> themselves we talk about the
291.06 -> inflammation the stress that goes behind
292.56 -> this it's not a cold it is a bad virus
295.259 -> well interesting in Aaron's piece there
296.94 -> was that young athlete who said she had
298.74 -> mild coveted symptoms it wasn't even
300.36 -> like she had devastating coveted
302.52 -> symptoms does it matter if you have long
304.62 -> coveted versus mild symptoms and that's
306.66 -> one of the other things it doesn't seem
307.979 -> to matter at all because what we do
309.36 -> think is happening is part of it's your
310.68 -> immune response which can keep covet
312.479 -> under control but at the same time it
314.699 -> could just be overwhelming this system
316.139 -> in causing these heart type issues the
317.82 -> other thing is we don't know how long
319.08 -> you're at risk for this and like she
320.46 -> mentioned in her piece there it could be
321.96 -> something that 10 20 30 years from now
323.82 -> we're saying do you smoke do you have
325.5 -> high cholesterol did you have covid
327.12 -> those are your risk factors for a heart
328.62 -> attack that's what I'm wondering about
329.759 -> because it's it's not like you have
331.56 -> covid you recover and the next day these
333.6 -> hard events happen there can be the
335.34 -> passage of time there can be the passage
336.84 -> of time and with long covet being a
338.46 -> bigger and bigger issue we don't know
339.66 -> and the more you have covet it seems it
341.94 -> puts you at a higher risk especially in
343.62 -> those young adult ages at getting
345.419 -> something like this and so you want to
346.8 -> make sure even if you're vaccinated you
348.539 -> still protect yourself from getting
349.68 -> covered which means you know the things
351.12 -> we know that can help and is there
352.44 -> anything you can do I mean if you've if
354.419 -> you've had covet and you're young and
355.919 -> you're or you're curious is there
357.36 -> anything you can do so number one know
358.8 -> your risk factors keep an eye on
360.06 -> yourself especially if you have a family
361.199 -> history of heart disease or heart
362.46 -> attacks you know keep an eye on yourself
363.9 -> if you notice any of the symptoms we
365.639 -> talk about you know the chest pain the
367.02 -> shortness of breath the arm pain any of
368.82 -> those things then go ahead and get
370.199 -> checked out on top of that make sure
371.88 -> you're vaccinated and you're boosted
373.38 -> because that can protect you the most we
375.3 -> have protection right now from if you do
377.46 -> get coveted of keeping it at mild cases
379.38 -> and under control and then mask up we
381.66 -> know we don't like masks it's been three
383.039 -> years of this but at the same time it's
384.96 -> still out there and it's still causing
386.46 -> some problems throughout the day I still
388.319 -> have a lot to learn yeah all right Dr
390.66 -> John thank you very much
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