It is not known when heart attack, stroke and heart failure occur in sudden disease in humans. Due to which many people have to lose their lives. For many years, scientists have been researching whether there can be a test that can detect a heart attack before it occurs. Scientists have now discovered such a technical discovery, by which these diseases can be detected in time.
According to a report in The Guardian, after recent research, researchers have revealed that through a blood test, it can be predicted that heart attack, stroke and heart failure or any one of these in the next 4 years. whether the condition would result in the death of a person; Along with this, whether there is a danger to the person from these things or not.
According to scientists, this test depends on the amount of protein present in the blood, which can make accurate predictions about diseases. Researchers say that through this test, it will be possible to find out whether patients’ existing drugs are working or if they need additional drugs to reduce the risk of disease.
Developed by a team of researchers at Somalogic, an American company based in Boulder, Colorado, the technology has been tested on nearly 11,000 participants. “I think the trial is able to answer the question of whether a person needs additional treatment,” Dr. Stephen Williams, who led the research, told The Guardian.
Explain that such a test is already being used in various health systems in the United States. Also Dr. Williams told that the risk of some diseases can be estimated by genetic test. According to researchers, at what time a person’s organs, tissues and cells are functioning, it can also be predicted through protein testing.
Williams and her colleagues used machine learning to test 5,000 proteins in blood plasma samples from 22,849 people and identified 27 proteins associated with heart attack, stroke, heart failure, or death 4 years later. The researchers later tested 11,609 people who had previously had a heart attack or stroke. After which it was found that their model was almost twice as good as the current risk score.
The study, published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, said the aim of this research program was to achieve and prove a proteomic prognostic test that predicted major cardiovascular diseases and deaths over time in line with the tests.
The new test could also be a game-changer for people living with heart disease in India, where cardiovascular diseases such as ischemic heart disease and cerebrovascular diseases such as stroke account for 17.7 million deaths. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), India (especially among the young population) accounts for a fifth of these deaths worldwide.