Heart attack deaths in young adults rose during first two years of COVID-19 pandemic
Aug 26, 2023
Heart attack deaths in young adults rose during first two years of COVID-19 pandemic
A recent study from Cedars Sinai Hospital shows the number of heart attack deaths during the first two years of the COVID pandemic was 30% higher than predicted. Dr. Celine Gounder, editor-at-large for public health at Kaiser Health News and a CBS News medical contributor, joins us to discuss the findings.https://cbsn.ws/1PlLpZ7c https://cbsn.ws/1Xb1WC8 https://www.instagram.com/cbsnews/ https://facebook.com/cbsnews https://twitter.com/cbsnews https://cbsn.ws/1RqHw7T https://bit.ly/2OiW1kZ [email protected]
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0 -> heart attack deaths have become more
2.94 -> common across all age groups since the
5.04 -> start of the coronavirus pandemic but a
7.319 -> recent study found that young people are
9.24 -> actually most at risk in this case
11.46 -> according to Cedar Sinai Hospital the
13.98 -> number of heart attack deaths among 25
16.139 -> to 44 year olds in the U.S over the
18.3 -> first two years of the pandemic was 30
20.699 -> percent higher than predicted Dr Celine
23.52 -> gander is here on set with us to talk
25.5 -> more about it she's editor at large for
27.119 -> public health at Kaiser health news and
29.279 -> she is also an infectious disease
30.84 -> specialist and epidemiologist and a CBS
33.719 -> News medical contributor Dr Gander thank
35.82 -> you for being here what stood out to you
37.62 -> in this study I think the fact that
39.66 -> you're seeing such a big increase
41.399 -> specifically in the youngest age group
43.62 -> so the 25 to 44 year old you saw this 30
46.379 -> increase in the risk of death from heart
49.079 -> attack and that really is quite striking
51 -> that's not a group an age group in which
52.98 -> you normally see heart attacks much less
55.079 -> dying from a heart attack so to do a
58.739 -> study like this you look at the years
60.66 -> prior to the pandemic and the typical
62.76 -> rate of heart attack death in that age
64.799 -> group and then you see it increase and
66.479 -> you wonder what's the new variable and
68.1 -> so the pandemic is that new variable
69.659 -> that's right so these uh researchers
71.58 -> looked at 10 years of data across the
74.34 -> U.S all the death certificates that get
76.2 -> filed with the CDC that data and so what
79.26 -> they saw is prior to the pandemic heart
81.42 -> attack deaths were actually dropping and
84.24 -> then that Trend reverses and you see
86.34 -> those deaths go up especially among that
88.799 -> youngest age group during the pandemic
90.479 -> and do we know why the why younger
93.36 -> people might be more at risk or we don't
95.82 -> know for sure and in fact these death
97.74 -> certificates are probably not even
99.479 -> capturing the fact that they might have
100.92 -> had covid they're really just saying did
103.32 -> you die from a heart attack or not what
106.2 -> we do know however is that younger
108 -> people were less likely to protect
110.159 -> themselves against covet than older
111.72 -> people less likely to mask less likely
113.46 -> to take other mitigation measures and
115.259 -> they were also farther back in line to
117.6 -> get vaccinated so they were not
119.7 -> protected with vaccination until later
121.799 -> in the Pandemic those might have been a
123.899 -> factor here so basically I mean you
125.82 -> could have had perhaps a mild infection
127.92 -> and of course this is all hypothetical
129.959 -> but then there might have been a
131.58 -> lingering heart situation hard disease
134.28 -> right so covet causes inflammation of
137.4 -> the blood vessels as well as other parts
139.02 -> of the body and also blood clots and
141.3 -> what we think is that a covenant
143.459 -> infection may have actually accelerated
145.379 -> the process of developing heart disease
147.78 -> what we call coronary artery disease and
150.599 -> so therefore accelerated when somebody
152.94 -> might have had a heart attack and died
154.68 -> from a heart attack you know but covert
156.54 -> also changes how much you can get out to
159.239 -> an exercise class how often you see
160.92 -> friends maybe your level your stress
163.68 -> whether you see your doctor are there
165.78 -> how are they ruling out or accounting
167.58 -> for these other Lifestyle Changes we
170.16 -> don't know so you can't really assess
171.9 -> that just from looking at death
173.099 -> certificates again all we can say is how
175.379 -> old were they did they die from a heart
177.06 -> attack
178.379 -> um but you know some of the factors
180 -> you're mentioning could certainly have
181.2 -> played a role we also know Health Care
182.76 -> Facilities we're really overwhelmed
184.739 -> during the pandemic so was it that
186.72 -> somebody had a heart attack and then was
188.04 -> less likely to survive because the
189.9 -> healthcare facility was overwhelmed I
192 -> didn't get there on time well thank you
194.519 -> so much uh something new to to to go and
197.76 -> see your doctor and and check yourself
199.8 -> about thank you thank you
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