Heart attack detector: Melbourne researchers develop game-changing device – 3AW

Melbourne researchers have developed a ground-breaking new tool which can identify those at highest risk of heart attack.
More than 60,000 heart attacks happen in Australia every year and about 30 per cent of them are fatal.
But heart researcher at the Baker Institute, Professor Karlheinz Peter, says doctors often “don’t know who is at risk”.
While current tests can identify plaque built up on artery walls, there is no effective way of measuring how stable the plaques are, and how high their risk…

Click here to view the original article.