What is the next step after a cardiac injection?
Patient: hi My mother was having a severe pain in hand and she went to the docto and he took her ecg and referred her to a cardiac hospital. she was immediately admitted and given an injection and asked to wait for 12 hours. will she be ok? or what can be the next step? Doctor: Hello ,Most probably she had an acute heart attack . Timely diagnosis by the doctors , she must have been able to reach the hospital with en 6 hours , so a clot bursting injection would have been given .This would reestablish the flow to the blocked artery preventing major attack . The first 24 hours are important to watch for complications . Considering she was given the right treatment , she should do well . Maybe later they may do an angiography to look for the blockages and treat  them if required . Regards Dr. Mody