A study presented at the British Cardiovascular Society (BCS) conference in Manchester in 2023 changed the way people understood heart attack. The study, led by doctors from the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland found that serious heart attacks are more likely to occur on a Monday compared to other days of the week.
For the study, the researchers studied the records of more than 10,000 people between 2013 and 2018. These patients were admitted for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) , the most severe type of heart attack. Without emergency care, STEMI is fatal.
