Having fewer coronary heart disease risk factors associated with higher risk of in-hospital death following first heart attack

Wednesday, November 16, 2011 - 06:30 in Health & Medicine

Patients without prior cardiovascular disease who were hospitalized following a first heart attack and who had a lower number of coronary heart disease risk factors such as smoking and high blood pressure had an associated greater risk of dying in the hospital, according to a new study.

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