Patients diagnosed with STEMI (which stands for ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction - or heart attack), set a chain of actions in motion, including treatment team coordination, emergency department preparation and cardiac team assembly. A team quickly mobilizes and expedites patients from the emergency department to the catheterization laboratory for heart-saving treatments such as balloon angioplasty. This treatment helps save lives when you consider that mortality risk nearly doubles if care is delayed past 90 minutes (jumping from 5 percent to 9 percent) and increases further with each passing hour.
Call 9-1-1 or other emergency services immediately if you think you are having a heart attack.
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