The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 14th, 2000
Time matters with angioplasty, heart attack victims, study says
Associated Press
Wednesday, June 14, 2000
Chicago -- Heart attack victims are far more likely to survive if they have an angioplasty almost as soon as they get to the hospital, a study has found.
The findings underscore what doctors have long suspected about angioplasty, in which a balloon is inserted via a catheter to open a blocked artery in the heart -- time counts.
The study was conducted by researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and was published in today's Journal of the American Medical Association.
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