COVID and Covishield (AstraZeneca vaccine for Covid-19) are associated with increasing clotting tendency leading to occlusion of arteries or veins.
Dr Sharath Reddy Annam is Senior Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, Director of Cath Lab, Director of CTO and Complex Coronary interventions, TAVR & Structural Heart interventions, Medicover Hospitals According to Dr Sharath, reasons for Increase in heart stroke after Covid-19 is not completely understood but it is hypothesized due to pleotropic effectsof increased inflammation, thrombosis and also endothelial damage. “Myocarditis which is inflammation of the heart is a common occurrence in Covid patients as the virus can harm the heart’s muscle tissue and the heart gets inflamed indirectly by the body’s own immune system response," said Dr.
Deepak Shejol, Cardiologist, Zynova Shalby Hospitals Recently, eminent British-Indian Cardiologist Dr Aseem Malhotra said that Oxford-AstraZeneca's jab, administered in India as Covishield, was even "worse" in terms of cardiovascular effects, heart attacks and strokes.
Dr Malhotra, who has demanded a full safety review into the use of AstraZeneca's Covid vaccine, told PTI Covishield "should never have been rolled out in the country in the first place". "The data I have seen at the moment doesn't suggest that Covaxin has any significant effects, and (it) seems safe.