Deaths from heart attacks are way down. Here’s what’s killing us instead
Story by Sandee LaMotte, CNN • 2d
Heart disease is the leading cause of death around the world. However, overall heart disease death rates over the past five decades dropped by 66% in American adults age 25 and older, according to a new study. Even better, deaths from heart attacks dropped by nearly 90%.
“Over the past 50 years, our understanding of heart disease, what causes it and how we treat it has evolved considerably,” said lead study author Dr. Sara King, a second-year internal medicine resident at Stanford University School of Medicine in California.
“There have been great strides made in helping people survive initial acute cardiac events that were once considered a death sentence,” King said in a statement.
Unfortunately, that positive news has a flip side. Deaths from all other types of heart disease, including arrhythmia, heart failure and hypertensive heart disease increased by 81% in the United States, according to the study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/deaths-from-heart-attacks-are-way-down-here-s-what-s-killing-us-instead/ar-AA1HnJWY?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=6cce5e71b893482498f31f3fa84f17f4&ei=76