Only Half of Heart Disease Patients Get a Flu Shot - American College of Cardiology acc.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from acc.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Date Time
Only Half of Those with Heart Disease Get a Flu Shot
Findings Sound the Alarm to Improve Influenza Vaccination Rates, and Carry Important Lessons for COVID-19 Immunization Efforts, Researchers Say
Boston – People with heart disease are more likely to become seriously ill from the flu and other respiratory illnesses, including coronavirus. Yet, new research found that only half of Americans with a history of heart disease or stroke report getting an annual flu shot, despite widespread recommendations to do so. Rates of vaccination were even lower among Blacks and Hispanics, according to a study conducted by physician-researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), data from which will be presented at the American College of Cardiology’s 70th Annual Scientific Session.
E-Mail
People with heart disease are more likely to become seriously ill from the flu and other respiratory illnesses, including the coronavirus. Yet, new research finds that only half of Americans with a history of heart disease or stroke report getting an annual flu shot, despite widespread recommendations to do so. Rates of vaccination were even lower among Blacks and Hispanics, according to data being presented at the American College of Cardiology s 70th Annual Scientific Session.
Researchers say the findings should renew efforts to assure flu vaccination is a routine part of quality cardiovascular care. As a nation, the U.S. health care system must do a better job protecting a population that is at very high risk for serious complications and death from the flu, said Varayini Pankayatselvan, MD, an internal medicine resident at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and the study s lead author. As physicians, it is our job to help patients take these simple but
Study: Only half of Americans with a history of heart disease get annual flu shot
People with heart disease are more likely to become seriously ill from the flu and other respiratory illnesses, including the coronavirus. Yet, new research finds that only half of Americans with a history of heart disease or stroke report getting an annual flu shot, despite widespread recommendations to do so. Rates of vaccination were even lower among Blacks and Hispanics, according to data being presented at the American College of Cardiology s 70
th Annual Scientific Session.
Researchers say the findings should renew efforts to assure flu vaccination is a routine part of quality cardiovascular care.