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Northern Westchester Hospital Provides Unrivaled Treatment For Cardiac Patients Northern Westchester Hospital Provides Unrivaled Treatment For Cardiac Patients
Northern Westchester Hospital Provides Unrivaled Treatment For Cardiac Patients According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), someone has a heart attack every 40 seconds in the United States—that’s 90 people in 60 minutes. Then consider that far too many people wait up to three hours before seeking medical attention. Depending on where you live and how long it takes to reach a hospital, specifically one with a catheterization lab, time can literally be a matter of life and death. “When blockages cause a heart attack, every second can mean more permanent damage to the heart muscle,” added Dr. Carl D. Reimers, MD, FACC, and director of the Cardiac Cat…

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When 90 Minutes Matter: NWH’s Cardiac Catheterization Lab Makes The Difference When 90 Minutes Matter: NWH’s Cardiac Catheterization Lab Makes The Difference
When 90 Minutes Matter: NWH’s Cardiac Catheterization Lab Makes The Difference Interventional cardiology. You may not be familiar with those two words, but if you or a loved one ever come to Northern Westchester Hospital in the midst of a heart attack, you will hear them and know that you’re getting the best of specialized care in the hospital’s cardiac catheterization lab—part of the Seema Boesky Heart Center. According to the American Medical Association, interventional cardiology is a “subspecialty of cardiology that deals specifically with the catheter-based treatment of heart diseases.” Since the 1980s this subspecialty has saved countless lives and helped ma…

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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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Northern Westchester Hospital To Open Brand New, State-Of-The-Art Cardiac Catheterization Lab Northern Westchester Hospital To Open Brand New, State-Of-The-Art Cardiac Catheterization Lab
Northern Westchester Hospital To Open Brand New, State-Of-The-Art Cardiac Catheterization Lab Ask anyone who worked in the emergency department of a hospital during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in the area and you’ll hear a familiar refrain: the number of patients admitted for heart attacks was down. Northern Westchester Hospital was no exception. Were there fewer heart attacks? Not likely. Just more fear about coming into an ER and potentially being exposed to a highly contagious illness. A few months of social distancing, careful hand-washing and mask-wearing have made—and continue to make—a difference. If you think you’re having a heart attack, then you can head to Northe…

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