Article: TIME COUNTS DURING A HEART ATTACK

They call it the Hollywood heart attack: Perry Mason bores into an unsuspecting witness, accusations gathering like storm clouds. Then suddenly, the witness clutches his chest, torso quaking, face etched in pain.

"A lot of people wait for the classic signs and symptoms of a heart attack, like they see on TV, before they make that call for help," said Robert Goldberg, an epidemiologist at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

Waiting can prove deadly.

Even as tremendous strides have been made in cardiology with tiny balloons clearing blockages and stainless steel scaffolds opening

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