Simple Arm Cuff Limits Heart Damage in STEMI Patients (CME/CE)

Courtesy MedPage Today Emergency Medicine  Thu, 02/25/2010 - 17:16

Heart attack patients who had an ordinary blood-pressure cuff applied to their arms by paramedics suffered significantly less damage to their heart muscles in a randomized trial than heart attack victims who got standard care.


 

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