StoneAngels » heath http://www.stoneangels.net Death, Mourning & the Afterlife Thu, 08 Dec 2011 03:28:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Study: Better Treatment Likely The Cause for Decline in Heart Attack Deaths http://www.stoneangels.net/study-better-treatment-likely-the-cause-for-decline-in-heart-attack-deaths/ http://www.stoneangels.net/study-better-treatment-likely-the-cause-for-decline-in-heart-attack-deaths/#comments Mon, 07 May 2007 04:59:02 +0000 admin http://stoneangels.net/?p=62 In a six year study lead by Dr. Keith Fox, a cardiology professor at the University of Edinburgh, researchers found that deaths from heart attacks have fallen sharply. The trends parallel the growing use of cholesterol-lowering drugs, blood thinners, and angioplasty, the procedure that opens clogged arteries.
The study looked at almost 45,000 patients who had major heart attacks or partial artery blockages. It found

The percentage of patients who died in the hospital or who developed heart failure was nearly cut in half from 1999 to 2005.

And the heart attack patients treated most recently were far less likely to have another attack within six months of being hospitalized when compared to the patients treated six years earlier – a sign that the more aggressive efforts of doctors in the last few years are working.

Read more details about the study.

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