Patients receiving an acute intervention, for example in myocardial infarction, need anticoagulants and antiplatelet drugs but these increase the risk of bleeding.
The reduction in bleeding translates into a reduction in events and even into a reduction in mortality, particularly in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).
Researchers tracked the numbers of patients with myocardial infarction admitted to the General Hospital of Kalamata pre-economic crisis (in the years 2004-2007) and post-economic crisis (2008-2011).
Translation: I had inherited two bad copies of the genetic misfire, so my risk of an early heart attack--a myocardial infarction--is 70% greater than for the general population.