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Invention quickly detects earliest sign of heart attack

With heart attacks, every second counts. A new blood test diagnoses them in minutes rather than hours and could be adapted as a tool for first responders and people at home.

"Heart attacks require immediate medical intervention in order to improve patient outcomes, but while early diagnosis is critical, it can also be very challenging -- and near impossible outside of a clinical setting," said lead author Peng Zheng, an assistant research scientist at Johns Hopkins University."We were able to invent a new technology that can quickly and accurately establish if someone is having a heart attack. Though created for speedy diagnostic work in a clinical setting, the test could be adapted as a hand-held tool that first responders could use in the field, or that people might even be able to use themselves at home.

Though designed to diagnose heart attacks, the tool could be adapted to detect cancer and infectious diseases, the researchers say. We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here.

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