Heart test developed
NZPA-Reuter London British scientists have developed a way of detecting heart disease in its earliest stages and believe it could be used for mass screening of the population, according to a medical journal.
The “British Heart Journal” said a method of “magnetic resonance diagnosis” could detect diseases such as atheroma long before they damaged blood vessels and caused heart attacks — the single
biggest cause of early death in Britain. “The test ... is the loudest possible warning signal of heart disease. Our objective is to have fleets of mobile units going around the country screening people,” said Professor Donald Longmoor, the director of the CORDA heart charity which supported the research. The electrocardiogram, currently the most com-
mon means of monitoring, records the heart’s electrical pulses through electrodes placed on the chest and other parts of the body. It is ill-suited to mass screenings and detects disease only when it has begun to affect the functioning of the heart. Professor Longmoor said the team could produce the first four prototypes of the machine within a few months if it were granted £1.5 million ($3.95 million) in funds.
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