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People who have a sudden heart problem but don’t show typical risk factors like high blood pressure or smoking are more likely to die soon or go into shock — and one reason might be that doctors are less likely to give them the standard preventive treatments.

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Higher mortality in acute coronary syndrome patients without standard modifiable risk factors: Results from a global meta-analysis of 1,285,722 patients.

Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis

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2023 Jan 15

The study found that heart attack patients without typical risk factors like high blood pressure or smoking were more likely to die in the hospital and less likely to get recommended heart medications, which supports the idea that not getting these treatments may be part of why they do worse.

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Higher mortality in acute coronary syndrome patients without standard modifiable risk factors: Results from a global meta-analysis of 1,285,722 patients.

Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis

Human

2023 Jan 15

The study found that heart attack patients without typical risk factors like high blood pressure or smoking were more likely to die in the hospital and less likely to get recommended heart medications, which supports the idea that not getting these treatments may be part of why they do worse.

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People who have a heart attack but don’t have typical risk factors like high blood pressure or smoking are actually more likely to go into dangerous shock—about 39% more likely—than those who do have those risks, even though they’re otherwise healthier.

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People with a sudden heart problem who don’t have usual risk factors like high blood pressure or smoking might actually be more likely to go into dangerous heart shock than those who do have those risks.

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People who have a heart attack but don’t have typical risk factors like high cholesterol or smoking are less likely to get the usual heart medications when leaving the hospital — even though they’re actually at higher risk of dying.

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People who have a heart attack but don’t have the usual risk factors like high blood pressure or smoking are actually more likely to die in the hospital than those who do have those risks — which is surprising because they seem healthier on paper.

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People who have a heart attack but don’t have common risk factors like high blood pressure or smoking are actually more likely to die in the hospital than those who do have those risks — about 57% more likely, according to this study.

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