No connection between COVID, vaccine and heart attacks, Karnataka expert committee finds amid Siddaramaiah controversy
Bengaluru: An expert committee tasked with investigating the recent cases of heart attack deaths in Karnataka has put to rest the growing speculation linking sudden heart attacks to Covid-19 vaccines.
After closely investigating over 20 deaths due to heart attacks in Hassan district, the panel concluded there is no association between premature cardiovascular disease in a patient and a prior history of Covid-19 infection or Covid vaccination.
On the contrary, the report submitted on July 2 noted that Covid-19 vaccination may actually offer long-term protection against heart-related complications.
The state government constituted an expert committee headed by Dr Ravindranath, Director of Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research to investigate the deaths.
As Medical Dialogues recently reported, the issue sparked a war of words between Biocon founder Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw and Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, after the latter made controversial remarks suggesting COVID-19 vaccines were "hastily" approved and possibly linked to the deaths in Hassan.
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