Tatyana Ruzhentsova, Deputy Director for Clinical Work at the Moscow Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology named after Gabrichevsky Rospotrebnadzor, Doctor of Medical Sciences, said that patients who have had coronavirus are increasingly faced with problems of the cardiovascular system.

“According to scientists at the University of Washington, who analyzed more than 150,000 case histories, within a year after suffering a coronavirus infection, the risk of thrombotic complications increases by 2-3 times, the risk of heart attack by 63%, and stroke by 52%,” she said. in an interview with Rossiyskaya.

The specialist added that the Gabrichesvskiy Institute obtained similar data when analyzing vascular complications in patients after COVID-19.

According to her, in 15% of people after completing the main course of treatment for coronavirus infection, a month after the onset of the disease, signs of vascular damage remain and progress.

At the same time, with the “omicron”, there are much fewer such complications, Ruzhentsova emphasized.

Earlier, the Russians were told about the rare consequences of COVID-19.

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