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Heart Attack Patients NPR's Patricia Neighmond reports a study published in today's New England Journal of Medicine questions if recovering heart attack patients are receiving the all needed testing before being released. The report focused on the number of angiograms given to patients who fit the profile of one who should be given the test. The researchers found that more than one third of eligible patients had not received the procedure.

Heart Attack Patients

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Heart Attack Patients

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NPR's Patricia Neighmond reports a study published in today's New England Journal of Medicine questions if recovering heart attack patients are receiving the all needed testing before being released. The report focused on the number of angiograms given to patients who fit the profile of one who should be given the test. The researchers found that more than one third of eligible patients had not received the procedure.