October 24 2024 Patients with COVID-19 had a 21 percent greater risk of heart attack, stroke, and death than people with cardiovascular disease without COVID-19 infection. Stephanie Soucheray, MA October 9, 2024 COVID-19 New research shows COVID-19 infections increase the risk of heart attack, stroke, and death, in some cases doubling the likelihood of major cardiac events in the 3 years following infection. Read full article:https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/study-links-covid-infection-heart-attacks-strokes