Health
A Heart Attack in 1955 Was Almost Always the End. Today, Most People Walk Out of the Hospital.
Sixty years ago, a heart attack meant bed rest, morphine, and a coin-flip chance of survival. Today, a cardiologist can open a blocked artery within minutes. The transformation of cardiac care within a single human lifetime is one of the most remarkable — and least celebrated — stories in medical history.
Mar 13, 2026