{"id":179895,"date":"2018-09-03T06:32:41","date_gmt":"2018-09-03T10:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=179895"},"modified":"2018-09-03T06:32:41","modified_gmt":"2018-09-03T10:32:41","slug":"aussie-researchers-develop-device-warn-impending-heart-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/09\/03\/aussie-researchers-develop-device-warn-impending-heart-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Aussie researchers develop device to warn of impending heart attack"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“It’s a personalized approach,” fellow team leader Elizabeth Gardiner told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). (File Photo<\/a>: Jasleen Kaur\/Flickr<\/a>, CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

CANBERRA<\/strong>\u00a0— Australian National University (ANU) researchers have developed a bio-optics diagnostic device that can help prevent heart attacks and stroke, according to the researchers.<\/p>\n

The device can identify imminent and dangerous blood clots before they form, potentially saving patients from experiencing a stroke or heart attack.<\/p>\n

Using a sample of a patient’s blood, the device provides a 3D map of how the patient’s platelets react when damaged.<\/p>\n

Steve Lee, the team leader on the project, said the map provided medical practitioners with a profile of how a patient’s platelets react when they are at risk of developing a blood clot.<\/p>\n

“Using the new diagnostic device that our team has developed, we can create and quantify clot formation in a 3D view from a blood sample without any form of labelings such as fluorescence or radiotracer — this had been impossible to achieve until now,” he said in a media release on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The diagnostic device creates the map by measuring the time it takes for light to travel through damaged platelets.<\/p>\n

Researchers believe the technology will revolutionize how doctors treat blood clots.
\nThe current approach for doctors treating clots is to prescribe a common blood thinner.<\/p>\n

However, the new device will allow a doctor to assess a patient’s risk of heart attack or stroke with precision for the first time and undertake tailored treatment.<\/p>\n

“It’s a personalized approach,” fellow team leader Elizabeth Gardiner told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).<\/p>\n

“There are clear differences in how people respond to a standard injury and… now we need to evaluate specific patient types.”<\/p>\n

“I would imagine we would be able to reduce the amount of medication.”<\/p>\n

The method is not yet suitable for regular use in hospitals but the ANU team is optimistic that it will become commonplace within two years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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