Regional care systems to treat severe heart attacks improve survival rates

June 04, 2012 Study Highlights: North Carolina’s coordinated regional systems to rapidly treat severe heart attacks saved lives and are a model for national standards for heart attack care.Quickly diagnosing heart attack patients in the ambulance, then getting them to hospitals that open blocked heart arteries is key to improving and saving lives.Practice guidelines recommend that regional coordination of heart attack care be a national standard.EMBARGOED UNTIL 3 pm CT/4 pm ET, Monday, June 4, 2012 DALLAS, June 4, 2012