Heart Attack - Prognosis



The aftermath of a heart attack is often severe. Two-thirds of all heart attack patients never recover fully. About one-quarter of all men and nearly one-half of all women who have had heart attacks die within a year. Additional heart attacks are not unusual. About one-quarter of all men and one-third of all women have a second heart attack within six years.

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