Annual Report 2005 - Boehringer Ingelheim

Margareta Ebelt collapsed in her bathroom, struck down by a severe heart attack.
Walking her dog, she had felt a twinge in her chest but had not taken any notice.
Fortunately, her husband alerted the emergency services immediately.
Otherwise, the incident could have been fatal. Margareta lives to tell her story,
thanks to right in time treatment with Boehringer Ingelheim’s metalyse®.
Time is extremely critical when suffering a heart attack. In the ideal scenario,
treatment can begin aboard the ambulance or as in Margareta’s case in the
patient’s home. The probability of patients recovering fully then rises to around 70 %.
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