A standard blood test can reveal whether a person is at high risk of having a heart attack within six months, a new study shows.
attack is very dynamic,” Sundstrom said in a university news release. “For example, the risk of a heart attack doubles during the month after a divorce, and the risk of a fatal heart event is five times as high during the week after a
Given that, researchers analyzed blood samples taken from 420 people at least six months before they suffered their first heart attack. They compared those results to nearly 1,600 healthy people. “We identified around 90 molecules that were linked to a risk of a first heart attack,” Sundstrom said. “We wanted to develop methods that would enable the health services to identify people who will soon suffer their first heart attack.”Using that information, researchers also created a simple online tool through which anyone can learn their risk of having a heart attack within the next half-year.
“If you find out that you happen to have an increased risk of suffering a heart attack soon, perhaps you will feel more motivated to prevent it,” Sundstrom said. “We hope that this will increase people's motivation to take their preventive medicine or stop Researchers now will study the 90 biomarkers to understand them better and see if they present any opportunities for treatment to prevent a impending heart attack, they said.Learn about heart disease, heart attack symptoms, and the signs of a heart attack. Read about heart disease diagnostic tests, treatments, and heart disease prevention.
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