Heart disease still kills more people in developed countries than any other
medical problem. But in recent decades researchers have unravelled many of the
underlying causes, raising hopes for more effective drugs
IN INDUSTRIALLY developed countries heart attacks kill one in four people.
So the chances are that most of us will witness one at some point in our
lives. But while the expression “heart attack” is familar to everyone, how
many people actually know what it means?
Over the past few decades scientists and doctors have built up an
impressively detailed picture of the way the heart works and…
