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Many heart attack patients still not getting emergency clot-busting treatment
08-03-2007 · EurekAlert!Far more of today's heart attack patients receive emergency angioplasty treatment or clot-busting drugs to reopen their clogged heart arteries than even a decade ago, a new study finds. But 10 percent of patients who could benefit from this urgent treatment -- which is known to save lives and prevent lasting damage to the heart muscle -- don't get it at all, the study shows.
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