NICE 卫生技术评估中心主任 Carole Longson 教授说：“尽管有有效的二级预防治疗，但是有多达四分之一有过心脏病发作史的患者会再次发病或中风，通常会造成严重后果。”
Professor Carole Longson, director at the NICE health technology evaluation centre, said: "Despite the availability of effective secondary prevention treatments, as many as a quarter of people who have had a heart attack go on to have another heart attack or stroke - often with devastating consequences."