Poor awareness about repeat heart attacks

Updated December 5 2021 - 7:36am, first published 7:30am
Experts say too many heart attack patients don't understand their condition on leaving hospital.
Experts say too many heart attack patients don't understand their condition on leaving hospital.

An estimated 57,000 Australians are admitted to hospital with heart attacks every year. Thirty per cent of them are on their second and one-in-10 will experience another event within 12 months.

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