Treatment of heart attack patients depends on history of cancer

  Treatment of heart attack patients depends on their history of cancer, according to research published in the European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care. The study in more than 35,000 heart attack patients found they were less likely to receive recommended drugs and interventions, and more likely to die in hospital if they had cancer than if they did not. €œIt is well known that cancer patients may have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease as a result of their treatment,€ said senior author Dr Dragana Radovanovic, head of the AMIS Plus Data Centre in Zurich, Switzerland. €œHowever, on the