The average 'door-to-balloon' time for heart attack patients has dropped by 20%, but that has not translated into better survival rates, cardiologists say.
An intense nationwide push to speed hospital treatment for heart attack patients has been a success, cutting by 20% the average time people waited before getting their clogged arteries opened between 2005 and 2009.
via L.A. Times - Health http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/features/health/~3/Y_L_v6fRobw/la-sci-door-to-balloon-20130905,0,165527.story
An intense nationwide push to speed hospital treatment for heart attack patients has been a success, cutting by 20% the average time people waited before getting their clogged arteries opened between 2005 and 2009.
via L.A. Times - Health http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/features/health/~3/Y_L_v6fRobw/la-sci-door-to-balloon-20130905,0,165527.story
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