Dr. Ornato answers the question: 'Why Do Heart Attack Patients Go To CCU?' — -- Question: Why do heart attack patients all go to the Cardiac Care Unit (CCU)? Answer: Well, it's been tradition for ...

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The coronary care unit (CCU) became a staple of acute MI care decades ago, but it appears that in the current era stable NSTE-ACS patients fare just as well in the short-term if they are instead ...

Elkerliek Hospital (Helmond, the Netherlands) and Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a leader in HealthTech, today announced their collaboration to pioneer the use of point-of-care testing in the ...

“People don’t survive what I survived,” Uzendu says. “I didn’t know the people at the gym, but they did a great job of stabilizing me until I could get to the hospital. I know I was intubated and ...