Medical Xpress May 30, 2025
Heart attacks are the leading cause of death globally, yet some statistics from many different countries suggest these events declined in frequency since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mass General Brigham researchers evaluated whether these cardiac trends reflect a true change in event rates, or if they reflect that more people are dying at home rather than in hospitals.
Their findings highlight potential shortcomings of cardiac care during and in the years following the height of the pandemic, suggesting opportunities to better treat and prevent cardiac events in people at risk. The study was published in JAMA Network Open.
“Lots of reports have shown that there have been fewer heart attacks in hospitals since 2020—but something seems to be missing from that...
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