Ultrasound 'may be used' to predict heart attacks
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Posted on Aug 18, 2008, 8 p.m.
By Jeanelle Topping
Ultrasound imaging may be a useful tool in the identification of heart attack risk in patients, it has been suggested.
Ultrasound imaging may be a useful tool in the identification of heart attack risk in patients, it has been suggested.
In news that may be of interest to anti-aging physicians, a study published in the September issue of the journal Radiology has stated that such a method is economical and widely available.
Researchers tested 1,268 individuals who were viewed as being at high risk of cardiovascular disease using the technology, Eurekalert notes.
The ultrasound was successful in identifying carotid artery disease in 574 patients due to the visible build up of plaque in the two blood supply vessels for the head and neck.
Lead researcher Markus Reiter, from the Department of Angiography and Interventional Radiology at Medical University Vienna in Austria, said: "Patients with a reduction in gray scale median (GSM) levels from their baseline ultrasound to the follow-up ultrasound exhibited a significantly increased risk for near-future adverse event compared to patients with increasing GSM levels."
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