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Northland District Health Board cardiologists have urged all patients with heart problems to get vaccinated against Covid-19 as soon as possible.
The call comes after cardiologists learned that some patients with heart problems have declined vaccination because they are concerned about the potential risk of myopericarditis (inflammation of the heart).
But cardiologists Dr Marcus Lee, Dr Raewyn Fisher and Dr Kat Sree Raman say myocarditis from the vaccine is rare.
But patients with underlying cardiac issues who get infected with Covid have a substantially increased risk of requiring an admission to an intensive care unit or dying from Covid.
