Door-to-balloon Time

Doctors of a hospital in the national capital claimed to have performed an emergency angioplasty on a 42-year-old man within 34 minutes of him being brought to the hospital, significantly reducing the door-to-balloon turn-around-time (TAT) of 90 minutes according to internationally-accepted protocol. Door-to-balloon time refers to the time taken fo...

The delay of patients in recognising heart-attack symptoms and seeking the treatment later may increase the damage to heart, warns a new study.

Doctors of a hospital in the national capital claimed to have performed an emergency angioplasty on a 42-year-old man within 34 minutes of him being brought to the hospital, significantly reducing the door-to-balloon turn-around-time (TAT) of 90 minutes according to internationally-accepted protocol. Door-to-balloon time refers to the time taken fo...

The delay of patients in recognising heart-attack symptoms and seeking the treatment later may increase the damage to heart, warns a new study.