“If you really don’t want to have a heart attack this is one other thing you can do,” says Kwong. A study by Ontario researchers showing influenza can trigger a heart attack, especially in older adults, reinforces the importance of getting the flu shot. They found there were 20 hospital admissions for heart attack in the week after flu testing. In 30 per cent of those cases the individual died within one month of admission for heart attack. That extra effort by the heart can cause a heart attack.

Source: thestar January 25, 2018 18:22 UTC