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Severity of Myocardial Infarction
Heart attacks can be fatal immediately, may progress to chronic disease, or may be resolved completely. The rate of hospitalization for first myocardial infarction has not changed significantly in recent years.
On the positive side, however, improved treatments significantly decreased the mortality and hospital readmission.
High-risk individuals. A heart attack is always more severe in some people:
- Elderly (particularly those who are thin)
- People with risk factors or history of myocardial
- People with heart failure
- People with diabetes
- People on dialysis for some time Read the rest of this entry »