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MINNEAPOLIS — Up to 90 percent of first-time heart attacks might be prevented if people were screened in advance and took the proper medications, according to the lead author of a new study at the University of Minnesota.
The researchers, who studied 815 patients at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, found that only about 10 percent were taking “proper preventative treatment” before they suffered their first heart attack. The treatments include drugs to lower cholesterol and blood pressure and prevent clotting.
The researchers found even some patients with a history of heart attacks weren’t taking the medications. Of those, only about 30-50 percent were taking preventive treatments, they found. Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
