One in four patients develop heart failure within four years of first heart attack

Tuesday, May 24, 2016 - 09:00 in Health & Medicine

One in four patients develop heart failure within four years of a first heart attack, according to a new study in nearly 25,000 patients. Risk factors included older age, greater socioeconomic deprivation, and comorbidities such as diabetes.

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