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Intensive Heart Care

In hospitals equipped with coronary care units the mortality rate from heart attacks has been reduced by about a third. Widespread application of the new therapies could save 60,000 lives a year

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 219 Issue 1This article was originally published with the title “Intensive Heart Care” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 219 No. 1 (), p. 19
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0768-19