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For Heart Attack Patients, Time Is Now On Your Side Thanks To Northern Westchester Hospital

For Heart Attack Patients, Time Is Now On Your Side Thanks To Northern Westchester Hospital

For Heart Attack Patients, Time Is Now On Your Side Thanks To Northern Westchester Hospital We all know the expression “time is money,” but are you familiar with “time is muscle”? The phrase is common among cardiologists and stresses that the longer a patient waits for treatment after a heart episode, the greater the possible damage. In fact, up to 85 percent of permanent heart muscle damage takes place within 60 to 90 minutes of a heart attack, so there’s no time to lose. It’s hard to imagine that a community as thriving as Northern Westchester’s still had to send heart attack patients to hospitals in Manhattan or even to neighboring Connecticut for care as recently as a few month…

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