Angioplasty no help for heart attack victims who wait
15th Nov 2006, 02:39 GMT
CHICAGO (Reuters) - In a surprise finding, heart attack survivors with mild symptoms who wait three days or more to seek medical help will not benefit from widely used procedures to open clogged arteries, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
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