Ten-year study shows wide variation in how English hospitals give patients emergency treatment to open blocked coronary arteriesPatients suffering a heart attack are twice as likely to get life-saving stents to open blocked coronary arteries in hospitals that provide a seven-day service,research shows.
The study of 84 English hospital trusts also found patients were 30% more likely to get stents in hospitals that bear more than five cardiologists trained in the procedure. Those patients with a previous heart attack, angina, or heart failure or diabetes were less likely to be given stents,as were older patients.
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Source: theguardian.com