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Flu triggers heart attacks, study shows
Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:59PM BST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Influenza can trigger deadly heart attacks, researchers said on Wednesday in a study that supports what experts have long believed -- flu can kill people even if they do not die directly from the flu.
Their report shows that the seasonal virus can worsen heart disease and that deaths from heart attacks and heart disease are far more common during flu season.
This can add up to 90,000 extra deaths a year in the United States alone, said Dr. Mohammad Madjid of the University of Texas-Houston, who led the study.
Writing in the European Heart Journal, the researchers said their findings add to a growing list of reasons why people should get annual flu shots. They also said people with heart disease should stick to their medications religiously.
"Our research has shown that influenza epidemics are associated with a rise in coronary deaths," Madjid said in a statement. "This calls for more intensive efforts to increase the vaccination rate in people at risk of coronary heart disease.
"This may be especially important in an influenza pandemic when we would expect to see high mortality among the elderly and those suffering from heart problems or who have multiple coronary risk factors," he said.
Flu viruses change every year and several are usually circulating in any given season, making the risk of flu high for most people.
"Between 10 and 20 percent of people catch flu every year and I have estimated that we can prevent up to 90,000 coronary deaths a year in the (United States) if every high-risk patient received an annual flu vaccination," Madjid said.
Madjid and colleagues at the Influenza Research Institute in St. Petersburg, Russia, studied autopsy reports on people who died from heart disease in that city from between 1993 and 2000.
"This was a population where only a small minority were receiving flu vaccines or statin drugs, so this enabled us to see what happened naturally in the absence of these medicines," Madjid said.
They found that 11,892 people died from heart attacks and 23,000 died from chronic heart disease.
Deaths from heart attacks increased by a third in flu epidemic weeks compared to non-epidemic weeks and the chances of dying from chronic heart disease increased by a tenth.
"This study shows that flu is an important trigger of heart attacks because flu is a severe infection, with high incidence rates and is readily preventable." Madjid said.
"If people can recognise that the flu vaccine has specific cardioprotective effects, then high-risk people will be more likely to make sure that they receive the influenza vaccine every year." 本人认领此文. 如在48小时内未能提交译文, 其他战友可自由认领. 原文2237, 译文742字
Flu triggers heart attacks, study shows
Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:59PM BST
研究表明，流感可以触发心脏病发作
4月18日，星期三
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Influenza can trigger deadly heart attacks, researchers said on Wednesday in a study that supports what experts have long believed -- flu can kill people even if they do not die directly from the flu.
华盛顿（路透社）—— 研究人员在星期三称，流行性感冒可以触发致命的心脏病发作，这支持专家长期以来相信的观点，即流感可以致人死亡，即使不是直接死于流感。
Their report shows that the seasonal virus can worsen heart disease and that deaths from heart attacks and heart disease are far more common during flu season.
This can add up to 90,000 extra deaths a year in the United States alone, said Dr. Mohammad Madjid of the University of Texas-Houston, who led the study.
他们的报告显示，流感这一季节性的病毒可以使心脏疾病恶化，在流感季节里，死于心脏病发作及心脏病的患者明显增多。
研究领导人、得克萨斯休斯顿大学Mohammad Madjid博士称，仅在美国，这一数目每年就高达9万。
Writing in the European Heart Journal, the researchers said their findings add to a growing list of reasons why people should get annual flu shots. They also said people with heart disease should stick to their medications religiously.
在《欧洲心脏杂志》中，研究人员称，人们需要每年接种流感疫苗的理由不断增加，而他们的发现又在这一目录上添加了一条。他们还说，心脏病患者应该坚持药物治疗。
"Our research has shown that influenza epidemics are associated with a rise in coronary deaths," Madjid said in a statement. "This calls for more intensive efforts to increase the vaccination rate in people at risk of coronary heart disease.
Madjid在一项声明中称，他们的研究表明，流感流行与冠心病死亡增加有关，这强调应更努力提高冠心病患者的流感疫苗接种率。
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