Geisinger checklist speeds transfer of heart attack patients.
In cardiology, there is a saying that "time is muscle." The longer it takes to reopen a heart attack patient's blocked artery, the more damage is done to the heart muscle. Cardiologists and emergency department physicians at Geisinger Medical Center are working together to shorten the time that it takes for patients to receive angioplasty, thus saving more heart muscle.
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