COVID-19: Cardiologists push for vaccine requirements | Predicting heart rhythm issues in COVID patients

A new analysis reveals that acute MI and ischemic stroke are a part of the clinical landscape of COVID-19 and highlights the need for vaccination against the virus.

Choosing not to be vaccinated, the groups emphasized, puts cardiovascular patients at risk.

Baylor Scott & White Health is seeking more than $1 million from the cardiologist.

The trend is particularly noticeable in patients with a history of CVD or hypertension.

Unhealthy lifestyle decisions and a fear of catching COVID-19 are putting people at an increased risk of heart disease, according to the American Heart Association.

In fact, researchers found, most children were discharged from the hospital within a few days. 

"This is a safe and affordable new data point that can clue us in about who might develop atrial fibrillation," one researcher said.