Mayo Clinic study finds risk of sudden cardiac death highest early after attack
Tuesday, November 4, 2008 - 16:56
in Health & Medicine
People who survive a heart attack face the greatest risk of dying from sudden cardiac death (SCD) during the first month after leaving the hospital, according to a long-term community study by Mayo Clinic researchers of nearly 3,000 heart attack survivors.
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