Association Between Vaccination and Acute Myocardial Infarction and Ischemic Stroke After COVID-19 Infection

Young-Eun Kim; Kyungmin Huh; Young-Joon Park; Kyong Ran Peck; Jaehun Jung

doi:10.1001/jama.2022.12992

Association Between Vaccination and Acute Myocardial Infarction and Ischemic Stroke After COVID-19 Infection

JAMA. 2022 Sep 6;328(9):887-889. doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.12992.

Authors

Young-Eun Kim¹, Kyungmin Huh², Young-Joon Park³, Kyong Ran Peck³, Jaehun Jung⁴

Affiliations

¹ Big Data Department, National Health Insurance Service, Wonju, Korea.
² Division of Infectious Diseases, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
³ Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, Cheongju, Korea.
⁴ Artificial Intelligence and Big-Data Convergence Center, Gachon University College of Medicine, Incheon, Korea.

Abstract

This retrospective cohort study examines the incidence of acute myocardial infarction and ischemic stroke after COVID-19 infection among vaccinated vs unvaccinated adults in Korea.

MeSH terms

Brain Ischemia / etiology
COVID-19 Vaccines* / adverse effects
COVID-19 Vaccines* / therapeutic use
COVID-19* / complications
COVID-19* / prevention & control
Humans
Ischemic Stroke* / etiology
Myocardial Infarction* / etiology
Risk Factors
Vaccination / adverse effects

Substances

COVID-19 Vaccines