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Sunday, Aug. 24, 2003
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A study of heart-attack patients in Denmark suggests that emergency angioplasties work so much better than anticlotting drugs that the wait for a hospital transfer is often worthwhile. The study, reported in the New England Journal of Medicine, followed 1,129 patients. Of those treated with the drugs, 14% died or had another heart attack or a disabling stroke. The figure was 8% for those transferred within 2 hours to a different hospital for angioplasty.

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