Coronary Angiography May Improve Outcomes For Cardiac Arrest Patients
Wednesday, April 8, 2009 - 22:28
in Health & Medicine
Cardiac arrest victims who receive coronary angiography are twice as likely to survive without significant brain damage compared with those who don't have the imaging procedure, according to a new study. The study showed that patient outcomes improved with coronary angiography regardless of clinical and demographic factors that influenced who received the procedure.
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