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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…
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…