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Fewer heart attack patients die when top cardiologists are away at conferences, study finds
Heart attack patients are more likely to survive when top cardiologists are not in the hospital, a new study suggests. Researchers at Harvard Medical School found that when heart specialists are away at academic conferences, the survival rate at their hospitals actually improves. They believe that specialists who attend the meetings are more prone to using intensive interventions for their patients which may do more harm than good, rather than taking a more holistic approach.
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The Torygraph hates mobile. Here's the Harvard Medical School press release. In which we find that zero point six percent of patients fared any differently.
And that was limited to a subgroup who suffered a type of heart attack that didn't require immediate stenting. The farther you drill down, the less relevant the headline is.
The headline could have read: 'Sicker patients more likely to die'