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Heart Attacks as Treatments

Posted by michael on from the like-a-surgeon dept.

cannon_trodder writes "Just caught a story at the BBC which explains how surgeons are going to be demonstrating a surgical technique that involves deliberately inducing a heart attack in order to remove over-thickened tissue in the heart. The article also explains that the 3 procedures will be transmitted directly to a cardiology conference with the 100 delegates able to ask questions during the op. 'If it ain't fixed, break it.'"

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  1. Other over-thickened tissue by Myco · · Score: 0, Troll
    Inducing a heart attack to get rid of over-thickened tissue in the heart, that's a good idea. But can it get rid of over-thickened tissue elsewhere, say in the skull? I can think of a certain president who could do with some de-thickening, and this sounds like just the right procedure.

    (Sorry, couldn't help it.)

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