Due to its minimal risk, this new tool could be safely used with the same patient multiple times to better select the right treatment and find out early on if it is working. Project leader and partner Dr Rohan Dharmakumar, Associate Director of the Biomedical Imaging Research Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, believed that the noise was actually a variation in the heart39;s processing of oxygen.
Dr Prato noted that "with this new window into how the heart works, we have a lot to explore when it comes to the role of oxygen in health and disease.In addition to studying coronary artery disease, the method could be used in other cases where heart blood flow is affected such as the effects of a heart attack or damages to the heart during cancer treatment.Repeat exposure to carbon dioxide is used to test how well the heart39;s blood vessels are working to deliver oxygen to the muscle."Using MRI will not only be safer than plastic flowmeters z 500gglue series present methods but also provide more detailed information and much earlier on in the disease process," added Dr Prato.