Research: Acute Myocardial Infarction after Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza Infection

Acute Myocardial Infarction after Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza Infection – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Quick Take Video Summary: Myocardial Infarction after Influenza Infection (free)

Commentaries: Flu infection raises risk of heart attack in week after diagnosis – STAT (free) AND Flu Virus Can Trigger A Heart Attack – NPR (free) AND Flu increases the risk of heart attack – Reuters (free)

The researchers identified a six-fold increased risk of heart attack in the 7 days after a flu diagnosis.