Fewer heart attacks reported

The American Heart Association says doctors are noticing at least a 50 percent decline in heart attacks.

Possibly because heart patients are afraid to report them do to COVID-19.

CAMPUS...FROM THE THE PARKING GARAGE TOTHE MEDICAL PLAZA BUILDING.AS THE NUMBER OF REPORTEDCOVID-19 DEATHS INCREASESDOCTORS ARE NOTICING A DECLINEIN HEART ATTACKS.AND IT’S NOT BECAUSE THEY DON’TTHINK THEY’RE HAPPENING.THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATIONSAYS HEART PATIENTS MAY BE MOREAFRAID TO REPORT THEM.FOX 4’S RACHEL LOYD HAS THESTORY.(:27 - :34)(1:14 - 1:21)HOSPITALS OVERWHELMED WITHCOVID-19 PATIENTS.

BUT THEY’RESEEING LESS PEOPLE EXPERIENCINGHEART ATTACKS.The numbers are down at least50% in most places that arenoticing this.DR. MARIELL JESSUP WITH THEAMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATIONTALKED TO REPORTERS DURING AZOOM CONFERENCE TODAY ABOUTCOVID-19’S EFFECT ON HEARTPATIENTS.SHE SAYS THE DECLINE IN REPORTEDATTACKS LEADS TO MORE QUESTIONSTHAN ANSWERS.Are they really not having heartattacks?

Are they really nothaving strokes?

Or are theywaiting so long to call or to gointo the hospital?THE AHA SHARED COVID-19 IS NOWTHE THIRD LEADING CAUSE OF DEATHIN THE U.S.DR. MARIELL SAYS THE REASON WHYOLDER PEOPLE AND HEART DISEASEPATIENTS ARE MORE AT RISK ISBECAUSE THEIR HEARTS ARE MORESTIFFLEADING TO LUNGCOMPLICATIIONS.The blood or the volume insidethe heart is going to be underhigh pressure.DR. EDUARDO SANCHEZ ADDED DRUGSLIKE HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE ANDAZITHROMYCIN WHICH DOCTORS AREPRESCRIBING TO TREAT COVID-19SYMPTOMSCAN INTERACT WITH SOMEHEART MEDICATIONSCAUSINGARRYTHMIA AND INCREASED RISK OFSUDDEN DEATH.

ALL THE MOREREASON HE SAYS TO STUDY THESEMEDICATIONS MORE THOROUGHLY.The importance of a largerclinical trial as opposed tolooking at what happens to 40 orso patients, is that it may takea large study to actually seethese rare events, but when theyhappen enough, they becomereasons why we should be verycautious.LLTAG: AS OF NOW THERE’S MORETHAN 15 THOUSAND DEATHS FROMCORONAVIRUS IN THE U.S. DR.SANCHEZ SAYS IF THE NUMBERSCONTINUE TO GROWTHE VIRUS