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Article: American Heart Association Journal Report: Discarded Treatment for Heart Attacks May Yet Prove to be a Life-Saver.
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- November 18, 1998
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A simple and inexpensive treatment for heart attacks -- originally
developed in the early 1960s and now largely abandoned -- appears now to
have significant life-saving powers, according to a new study. A trial in
six Latin American countries provides new evidence supporting the use of a
combination of glucose, insulin, and potassium (GIK) in people suffering
heart attacks. In the pilot trial involving 407 people suffering a heart