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. 2022 Sep 6;328(9):887-889.
doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.12992.

Association Between Vaccination and Acute Myocardial Infarction and Ischemic Stroke After COVID-19 Infection

Young-Eun Kim  1 , Kyungmin Huh  2 , Young-Joon Park  3 , Kyong Ran Peck  3 , Jaehun Jung  4
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Association Between Vaccination and Acute Myocardial Infarction and Ischemic Stroke After COVID-19 Infection

Young-Eun Kim et al. JAMA. .

Abstract

This retrospective cohort study examines the incidence of acute myocardial infarction and ischemic stroke after COVID-19 infection among vaccinated vs unvaccinated adults in Korea.

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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Huh reported grants from bioMérieux outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.

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