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More people surviving heart attacks, Harvard Heart Letter cardiologist explains why

July 1, 2011

Harvard Heart Letter,

More widespread use of artery-opening angioplasty and stenting, which can sometimes stop a heart attack in its tracks before it can damage the heart muscle.

Advances in drug therapy.

Getting survivors out of bed and on their feet sooner, which helps prevent the formation of potentially deadly blood clots.

Increasing use of evidence-based treatments, such as checklists that help streamline heart attack therapy.

"I see this progress in the patients I care for at Brigham and Women's Hospital," writes Dr. Lee. "I estimate that up to half of the heart attack survivors I see during an average day would not have survived if they had had their heart attacks 25 years earlier."

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