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News - St John Hospital, Vanderhoof British Columbia Canada |
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| St John Hospital |
| Promising new heart attack treatment on trial |
| Date : - 27/04/2012 |
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Doctors at the Northern Hospital in Epping say a new liquid-based treatment for sufferers of heart attacks could substantially improve patient recovery.
They injected a dissolvable liquid device into a patient last week, in the first procedure of its kind in Australia.
The device flows to the damaged heart muscle and helps it repair.
The director of cardiology, Professor Bill van Gaal, says the patient is recovering well but it will not be clear for sometime if the device is responsible.
"It won't be until the clinical trial has finished whether we know whether people who receive the device do better or not, but certainly the early work looks very encouraging," he said.
He says the new treatment is being triaged around the world to combat the "epidemic" of heart failure.
"The number one cause of heart failure is heart attack so the number of patients who could benefit from this treatment is very large," he said.
"This would really revolutionise the treatment of heart failure should it prove successful." |
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| Reference : - www.abc.net.au/news/2012-04-27/new-procedure-could-revolutionise-heart-attack-treatment/39754 |
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