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High-risk patients need better guidance on what is and isn't a heart attack
07-05-2007 · EurekAlert!Varying advice means patients at high-risk of having a heart attack are unclear about when symptoms are potentially life threatening and when they should call an ambulance, argue a group of heart specialists in this week's BMJ.At least 70 percent of people who die from coronary heart disease have had previous heart problems.
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