Blood Test Predicted Risk of Future Heart Attacks

Results from a model involving 48 proteins and 43 metabolites as well as age, sex, and systolic blood pressure might indicate that a person is at increased risk for a myocardial infarction, or heart attack, within the next 6 months, according to a cohort study involving more than 2000 people in Europe. The ability to forecast someone ’s short-term risk “may enhance the motivation of patients and doctors for primary prevention,” the researchers reported in Nature Cardiovascular Research.
Source: JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association - Category: General Medicine Source Type: research