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Avita treating heart attack patients with SuperSaturated Oxygen Therapy
GALION – Avita Health System is the first healthcare organization in North Central Ohio and the first critical access hospital in the United States to improve the treatment of severe heart attack patients with SuperSaturated Oxygen (SSO2) Therapy the first and only FDA-approved therapy that immediately follows angioplasty and stenting to significantly reduce heart muscle damage.
Avita Health System added SSO2 Therapy at Galion and Ontario Hospitals. The first patient was successfully treated last month at Galion Hospital by Interventional Cardiologist Joseph Mayo, M.D., Ph.D., and Avita’s heart attack alert team, led by James White, director of Cardiovascular Services. This marked a historic event for Galion Hospital, making it the first critical access hospital in the country to use SSO2 Therapy.