Early warning of impending Heart Attack
What if it was possible to receive an early warning of an imminent heart attack?
Coronary Heart Disease kills more people in the United Kingdom and the United States than any other disease. In the United Kingdom it claims the lives of more than a quarter of a million people each year. The problem is that nearly half of people who suffer from the early symptoms of the onset of a heart attack actually choose to delay calling 911, and prefer to wait for a while to ‘see how it goes’, rather than risk the embarrassment of calling for the paramedics to what turns out to be a false alarm.
This worrying fact has been discovered by research conducted by the British Heart Foundation, who have studied the medical records of heart patients who experienced the classic symptoms of chest pain, or pain in the arms, shoulders or jaw, before experiencing a full blown heart attack. This results in approximately 30 percent of all heart attack victims dying before they can reach the life saving treatment available at a hospital or ER Center.
AngelMed Guardian can predict imminent heart problem
Well, the solution to this is now a reality, thanks to a tiny new medical device – the AngelMed Guardian – that can be surgically inserted beneath the skin, like a heart pacemaker, and can electronically sense the tell-tale signs that precede a heart attack. This is nothing short of a miracle in the quest for the ultimate key to preventing the massive death toll from this dread disease. It is currently being tested in the United States, and has shown promising results in it’s ability to successfully provide vital warning time that allows the patient to reach essential life-saving medical help.
24/7 heart monitoring system
The unit performs 24/7 monitoring of the heart’s vital electrical impulses, looking for any signs of irregularities or arrhythmia that could indicate the possibility of a serious problem. When the alarm is triggered, the patient can immediately check in to the nearest hospital and receive the necessary anti blood clotting medication that can prevent the development of the heart attack.
Different types of heart attack
There are two different types of heart attack. The most serious type occurs when a piece of arterial plaque, or blood clot breaks away from an artery wall, and prevents the normal blood flow through the ventricular chambers of the heart. This blockage can cause massive damage to the heart muscle, and death, but it also affects the heart’s electrical rhythms. This change in the electrical signals can be detected in it’s early stages, and a warning alarm can be triggered. A mild heart attack generally does not produce the same disruption to the heart’s electrically driven system, so the device is aimed at the former more serious condition.
This incredible new breakthrough in heart health technology is a small wireless enabled electronic device similar in size to a USB memory stick, that is capable of detecting the normal electrical signals produced by the heart, and hence any changes that may indicate the possibility of an imminent heart attack. It is claimed that the equipment can provide vital hours or even days of notice prior to the onset of serious heart illness, If it detects the trigger conditions. It alerts the patient by physically vibrating inside the body, and it can also provide an external alert to a pager carried by the patient.