Heart attack risk increases 63pc post-Covid, says major American study

Covid survivors are 63 per cent more likely to suffer a heart attack, according to the “first comprehensive assessment” of cardiovascular complications within a year of recovering from the virus.

In a study in Nature Medicine, researchers in America found the rate of conditions such as heart failure, coronary disease and strokes was “noticeably” higher among those who had been infected with Covid-19 compared to those who had not, even after a mild case.