In a Heart Attack, time is the heart muscle!!!!

• If the patient arrives within the first 12 hours, the death of the heart muscle can be prevented by opening the blocked vessel. There are 2 methods for this:
- Dissolving the clot responsible for the blockage in the vein (thrombolytic therapy),
- Opening the blocked area with balloon+stent (angiography method/primary PTCA).

• If the patient arrives early to open the blocked coronary arteries, first emergency coronary angioplasty (balloon) is performed and after angioplasty, a steel cage called a stent is placed to keep the coronary artery open.

• In centers where this opportunity is not available, thrombolytic therapy is applied.