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Antelope Valley Hospital Beats Time Limit for Treating Heart Attacks

Antelope Valley Hospital has surpassed the national average time limit for treating victims of an especially dangerous type of heart attack a month after the county designated it a special receiving center. The hospital is one of 21 hospitals in L.A. County selected as a receiving center for ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction, or STEMI, heart attacks. The American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association recommends hospitals treating STEMI patients achieve a “door-to-balloon” time, or interval between arrival at the hospital and the opening of a blocked artery with an angioplasty balloon, within 90 minutes. Antelope Valley, which became a STEMI center Feb. 1, had an average door-to-balloon time of 47 minutes, said Receiving Center Director Dr. Anil Kumar, in a statement. “By saving valuable minutes, we are saving the heart muscle,” he said.

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