A new study in which researchers are using MRI to spot bleeding in the heart after stent surgery is giving new hope to heart attack patients.
When the artery feeding blood to the heart is blocked a heart attack occurs. The blockage not only stops the flow of blood to the heart muscle, it also stops the hearts oxygen.
In most cases when a blockage is found a metal stent is placed in the artery.
Until recently researchers were unable to tell if the patients were bleeding into the heart after the stent surgery.
In the new study, researchers used (magnetic resonance imaging) …read more

Researchers from Austria have studied studying carotid arteries with repeat US. Strange sentence but true.
The team first did ultrasound exams of the carotid arteries of 1,268 patients at high risk of cardiovascular disease because of multiple risk factors, such as smoking, diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or known blockages in other blood vessels such as the coronary arteries. Then they concentrated on the 574 patients that showed the most plaque buildup.
What did they find?