From Chicago, at a meeting of the American Heart Association
A common heart procedure doesn’t save lives if it is performed more than a couple of days after a heart attack, according to a large international clinical trial.
The procedure, angioplasty, has been found to offer benefits when it’s done within 48 hours of a heart attack (SN: 6/25/05, p.
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