Gold Injections Being Tested For Evaluating Heart Disease
Posted Aug 18 2010 5:10pm
photo by Salvatore Vuono
With only one scan, this new test looks at heart artery plaques with Au-HDL (Au is the element abbreviation for gold). Doctors may be able to use this new CT to determine if a blockage is likely to rupture in the near future. Apparently, the gold particles hover around plaque that contains a high percentage of the body’s inflammatory, particle-eating macrophages. In other words, when the body starts to react with inflammation and aggression towards an arterial plaque, the plaque may be close to bursting open and causing a complete blockage such as in a heart attack.
This particular gold CT is definitely not a standard test that you can find in your local hospital. There are many other steps that must be done first to check it’s accuracy and safety. However, the new study results are worthy of a second look!
photo by Salvatore Vuono
With only one scan, this new test looks at heart artery plaques with Au-HDL (Au is the element abbreviation for gold). Doctors may be able to use this new CT to determine if a blockage is likely to rupture in the near future. Apparently, the gold particles hover around plaque that contains a high percentage of the body’s inflammatory, particle-eating macrophages. In other words, when the body starts to react with inflammation and aggression towards an arterial plaque, the plaque may be close to bursting open and causing a complete blockage such as in a heart attack.
This particular gold CT is definitely not a standard test that you can find in your local hospital. There are many other steps that must be done first to check it’s accuracy and safety. However, the new study results are worthy of a second look!