According to the American Heart Association, from 2005-2010 the average time from hospital admission to the life saving angioplasty procedure for heart attack patients decreased from 96 minutes to 64 minutes. This is great news for the nearly 250,000 people who suffer from ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) heart attacks annually in the United States. Characterized by a complete blockage of blood supply...
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