Sunday, November 23, 2008

How doctors saved my life after a heart attack in less time than it took to queue at my bank

"Andrew Solecki staggered across his hallway, a searing pain - more intense than any he had previously experienced - surging through his chest. He grabbed the telephone and dialled 999. Within minutes the 45-year-old father of one was being rushed by ambulance to London's Hammersmith Hospital. Tests later showed he had suffered a heart attack as a result of one of his coronary arteries becoming completely blocked. 'The pain in my chest and arms was unbearable,' he says. 'On a scale of one to ten, it was a ten. I was terrified.' Just over an hour later, Andrew was undergoing primary angioplasty, a breakthrough procedure now set to become the standard first treatment for heart attack in Britain - Daily Mail

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