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Study Provides Unexpected Answer About Heart Attacks
People who have a heart attack without known risk factors have a higher risk of dying near the heart attack compared to those with risk factors. This is demonstrated by a new study from Uppsala University published in The Lancet.
A new study from Uppsala provides unexpected answers about heart attacks. Stock Photography.
The study analyzed data from more than 60,000 Swedish patients. And among those who had a heart attack without risk factors like diabetes, high blood fats or high blood pressure, the risk of dying within 30 days of the heart attack was 50 percent higher than for those with risk factors. This was especially true for women.
There may be various theories as to what this could be due to. For example, it may be that risk factors do exist after all, but at lower levels that are generally not addressed.
– It may also be the case that this group, for example a woman without diabetes who does not smoke, is not treated as intensively after the heart attack as people with various risk factors for cardiovascular disease, says Emil Hagström to UNT.
