Current Heart Attack Guidelines Miss Nearly Half of At-Risk Patients, Study Finds

If you were asked to picture someone headed for their first heart attack, you would probably imagine someone with high cholesterol, a smoker, obese, and with elevated blood lipids—the classic profile. However, people who fit this description make up only a small share of those who go on to have heart attacks.

Current Heart Attack Guidelines Miss Nearly Half of At-Risk Patients, Study Finds

TL;DR

  • New research suggests doctors should screen for plaque in arteries, not solely rely on traditional risk factors.
  • Many heart attacks occur in individuals considered low risk by current medical guidelines.
  • The study from Mount Sinai investigated the effectiveness of existing risk assessment tools in identifying potential heart attack patients.

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