New Study Shows Deadly Heart Attacks Are Best Treated by Coordinating Prehospital and in-Hospital Care

MANHASSET, NY – A new study co-authored by Peter Berger, MD, senior vice president of Clinical Research for Northwell Health and professor of Cardiology and Medicine at the Hofstra-Northwell School of Medicine, shows that when pre-hospital emergency medical services (EMS), emergency room staff in hospitals, and cardiac catheterization laboratory staff all work together in a coordinated manner, people suffering from deadly heart attacks received life-saving treatment sooner. These findings were published today in the American Heart Association’s journal Circulation. ST segment elevation