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E-Newsletter • October 2023 |
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Editor's E-Note
The prevalence of pain after a heart attack may be an indicator of long-term survival, according to a study in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
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Clues to Survival After a Heart Attack
People who have had a heart attack often report pain about a year later. Moderate or extreme pain after a heart attack—most commonly pain due to other health conditions—may help predict the likelihood of death over the next 8.5 years, according to new research published recently in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access, peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association.
In this study, participants who said they had extreme pain after a heart attack were more than twice as likely to die during the study period compared with those who reported no pain.
“Pain causes significant loss of function and may lead to disability, all of which contribute to major, global public health issues. Research indicates that pain is linked to higher risk of cardiovascular disease and overall death; however, the impact of pain on death after a heart attack has not yet been examined in large studies,” says study author Linda Vixner, PT, PhD, an associate professor of medical science at the School of Health and Welfare at Dalarna University in Falun, Sweden.
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