Experts Available To Comment On New Study About Risk Of Sudden Cardiac Death

A new study in the November 5th 2008 issue of JAMA finds that during the first month after a heart attack, patients may have an increased risk for sudden cardiac death. “The study justifies why we are so aggressive in treating patients during and after myocardial infarction,” says Howard S Weintraub, MD, FACC, clinical director of Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease at New York University Langone Medical Center.

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Filed under: Cardiovascular on November 7th, 2008