Influenza and is closely related to a heart attack

January 2, 2001 U.S. Scientists found who have had influenza virus vaccine against heart disease patients, their second chance of a heart attack significantly reduced.

From the U.S. University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center researchers selected from 1997 to 1998 season, 218 cases of pandemic influenza patients with coronary heart disease as the research object, will be one of those heart attack or unstable angina with the vaccination history and stable condition vaccination history of the comparison, results showed that influenza vaccination and not the heart disease compared to those against the recurrence of heart disease or unstable angina to reduce the incidence of 2 / 3.

The researchers pointed out that at present still unable to determine whether influenza virus infection in a heart attack with the inevitable link between. Because it can not be ruled out the role of other factors, such as who will pay more attention to vaccination, such as self-care.

The researchers cited only nine kinds of reasons that may be relevant, including influenza caused by accelerated vascular inflammation in coronary lipid deposition, physical decline heavier psychological burden.

But the researchers emphasized that in animal experiments, has confirmed that influenza viruses can change over a high-density lipoprotein activity, resulting in the formation of coronary plaque.