A simple technique of treating heart attacks when they happen could save thousands of lives a year, a new study suggests. Rather than unblocking only an affected artery when a patient presents with symptoms of a heart attack, researchers writing this month in the New England Journal of Medicine recommend that all narrowed arteries be cleared.
Read more about this study:
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1305520#t=article
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