Pioneering heart unit to expand - BBC Health News 24th November 2008

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

A heart unit that pioneered a technique the government says could save hundreds of lives a year, says it will have to expand to cope with demand.

Middlesbrough’s James Cook Hospital was part of a trail using emergency angioplasty on heart attack victims.

Last month, a Department of Health study concluded the trial had been a success.

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