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The risk of sudden death is highest in the first month after someone has had a heart attack (myocardial infarction), according to UK research, but the good news is that current treatments have substantially reduced the rates of sudden death over the last 20 years. Sudden death is a leading cause of death after a myocardial infarction (MI) but it was unclear how much modern treatments have improved this risk. The researchers compared the rates of sudden death in two trials, one which started in the late 1990s and one which started in 2016. They found that while sudden death rates were highest in the first month after an MI in both trials, the rates were 2-3 fold lower in the more recent trial.
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