Higher death rate for heart attack patients with additional non-cardiac conditions
13th Nov 2006, 14:14 GMT
Heart attack patients who also have another acute condition such as stroke, kidney failure and pneumonia may have a poorer outcome than those without these conditions, and those with the most severe conditions account for a disproportionate percentage of hospital deaths, researchers at Yale School of Medicine report in a recent American Journal of Medicine.
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