Hello, my father suffered a heart attack today. He was in the ER of a medical center with cardiac care, but is not a hopsital with cardiac surgery. They want to perform a cardiac cath tomorrow morning and potentially insert a stent as well. They tested his enzymes and one came back OK and the other reading was inconclusive. Why would they wait overnight before doing the cardiac cath? I thought time was of the essence with heart attacks. Second, would it make more sense for us to move him to a hospital that also has a full cardiac surgery area in case something bad happens?
Thank you.