{"id":11076,"date":"2021-01-25T09:43:49","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T09:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendly-bartik.94-130-216-58.plesk.page\/230-2\/"},"modified":"2024-12-18T13:58:01","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T13:58:01","slug":"230-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.af-net.eu\/en\/230-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement of the Atrial Fibrillation NETwork (AFNET) on Covid-19 vaccinations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"header-small-aktuelles\">\n        <div class=\"header-small-headline\">\n            <h5>Posts<\/h5><h1> <strong>NEWS<\/strong><\/h1>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Mon, 25.01.2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-afnet-blau-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d944f50576d9539925c8a07ba5582ca3\">Statement of the Atrial Fibrillation NETwork (AFNET) on Covid-19 vaccinations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Especially in elderly patients, an infection with Covid-19 often takes a severe course. Therefore, AFNET recommends these patients to<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">&nbsp;get<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">&nbsp;vaccinati<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">ed<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">&nbsp;as soon as possible. The protection&nbsp;<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">by<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">&nbsp;the vaccination outweighs possible vaccination risks by far.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">For more information on Covid-19 vaccinations in heart patients, please&nbsp;<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">read<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"> the press release of the &#8220;Deutsche Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Kardiologie&#8221; (German Cardiac Society (<\/span><a class=\"ext\" href=\"https:\/\/dgk.org\/daten\/pm-covid-19-impfung-bei-herzpatienten-fin.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-extlink=\"\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">DGK<\/span><\/a><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">)<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Patients&nbsp;<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">on anticoagulation due to&nbsp;<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">atrial fibrillation also benefit from the Covid-19 vaccination.&nbsp;<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">However, t<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">hese patients should inform the vaccination staff about their medication prior to vaccination in order to minimize an<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">y<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">&nbsp;increased risk of bleeding.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">For detailed guidance on Covid-19 vaccinations in patients treated with anticoagulants, please&nbsp;<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">read<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"> the press release of the &#8220;Deutsche Herzstiftung&#8221; (German Heart Foundation&nbsp;<\/span><a class=\"ext\" href=\"https:\/\/www.herzstiftung.de\/service-und-aktuelles\/presse\/pressemitteilungen\/corona-imfpung-gerinnungshemmer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-extlink=\"\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">(<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Deutsche Herzstiftung<\/span><\/a><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">)).<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Especially in elderly patients, an infection with Covid-19 often takes a severe course. Therefore, AFNET recommends these patients to\u00a0get\u00a0vaccinatied\u00a0as soon as possible. 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