HEART ATTACKS
New Method Of Diagnosis
(Rec. 8 p.m.) CHICAGO. June 11. A simple new blood test for detecting "hidden” heart attacks was hailed today as the most important forward step" in diagnosis since the electrocardiograph was introduced early in the century. Dr. Frank P. Foster, of the Lahey Clinic, Boston, described the test — called transaminase determination—at the annual meeting of the American Medical Association in Chicago. The test is designed to detect a type of heart damage known as myocardial infraction. This occurs when the blood supply to a portion of the heart muscle is blocked off by a clot or the narrowing of an artery. The affected portion of the heart then dies. Quick and accurate diagnosis and proper treatment often can mean the difference between life and death.
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Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27993, 13 June 1956, Page 13
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