Intervention Better Than Drugs For Heart Attack, Registry Analysis Says
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Registry data from 26,205 patients treated for acute myocardial infarction within 15 hours of symptom onset indicate that percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is superior to medical management at restoring normal blood flow to the heart
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