More than 90% of patients who have a heart attack and need an emergency treatment to open the artery now have it within the recommended 90 minutes after they get to the hospital, new research finds.
angioplasty'System Delay' Doubles MI Death Rate (CME/CE)MedPage Today Emergency Medicine Tue, 08/17/2010 - 15:41
(MedPage Today) -- So-called "system delay" in treating patients with heart attacks -- the time from emergency department arrival to angioplasty or other reperfusion treatment -- does worsen outcomes, researchers said. Exercise beats angioplasty for some heart patientsHeadlines from the Associated Press Sun, 08/30/2009 - 07:50
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) -- Working up a sweat may be even better than angioplasty for some heart patients, experts say.... |
