Getting sepsis in the hospital is a red flag for future heart attacks, study finds
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Patients who get sepsis while hospitalized are more likely to return to the hospital for a stroke, heart attack or heart failure, says a study in the American Heart Association's journal.
The study included more than 2.2 million patients who spent at least two nights in the hospital during a 10-year span — 800,000 of them were diagnosed with sepsis. Sepsis survivors have a 51% greater risk of being hospitalized for heart failure. Melissa Rudy is health editor and a member of the lifestyle team at Fox News Digital.
The patients ranged in age from 19 to 87 years old, with an average age of 64.
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