Can you get a heart attack from the flu?

Allergy & Immunology, Public Health , Infectious Diseases

Dr. K K Aggarwal, President Heart Care Foundation of India and Group Editor in Chief MEDtalks, will talk on the topic of heart attack from the flu in this video. In the first week of developing flu, the chance of having an acute heart attack is significantly high in all heart and diabetic patients. Such patients should be immediately treated with antiviral medications. He will also talk about this evidence published in a recent study.

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Dr. KK Aggarwal

Recipient of Padma Shri, Vishwa Hindi Samman, National Science Communication Award and Dr B C Roy National Award, Dr Aggarwal is a physician, cardiologist, spiritual writer and motivational speaker. He was the Past President of the Indian Medical Association and President of Heart Care Foundation of India. He was also the Editor in Chief of the IJCP Group, Medtalks and eMediNexus

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Can you get a heart attack from the flu?