Prior influenza vaccination reduced the excess risk of acute myocardial infarction and stroke by about half after breakthrough influenza.
The study involved 1,221 patients aged 40 and older, focusing on hospital admissions for cardiovascular events within a year of influenza infection.
The highest cardiovascular risk occurred within the first 3 days post-influenza infection, with a significant decline by days 15 to 28.
Vaccinated patients exhibited lower cardiovascular risks through day 7, although differences were not statistically significant for individual outcomes.
The study's design controlled for time-invariant factors, but limitations included potential underestimation of risk and residual confounding.
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