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Article: Less Severe First Heart Attacks Linked To Heart Disease Death Reductions

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January 20, 2009
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The American Heart Association issued the following news release:

The severity of first heart attacks has dropped significantly in the United States -- propelling a decline in coronary heart disease deaths, researchers reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.

"This landmark study suggests that better prevention and better management in the hospital have contributed to the reduction in deaths," said Merle Myerson, M.D., Ed.D., lead author of the study, cardiologist and director of the Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Program at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital of Columbia University in New York City.

"Better control of risk factors for heart disease, such as blood ...

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