Health
Before the Stent, a Heart Attack Was Almost Certainly the End. Here's the Science That Changed That.
In the mid-twentieth century, a heart attack meant bed rest, minimal treatment, and a coin-flip chance of survival. Today, most Americans who suffer one will live through it — and many will be back to normal life within weeks. The transformation in cardiac care over the past 70 years is one of medicine's most remarkable untold stories.
Mar 13, 2026