As reported today in the Daily Telegraph, researchers at the University of Maryland, USA, have found a new way of detecting the risk of future heart failure. 720 000 people in the UK suffer from heart failure with 11 500 dying every year. A protein called Troponin T has been found to be a long term predictor found in the blood.
This new test can detect Troponin T twice as weak as before. Those with high levels of Troponin T are at higher risk of suffering from heart failure int he next 10 years or of dying from cardiovascular disease.
If people then know that they have high levels of Troponin T they can adapt their lifestyle e.g. diet and exercise levels to reduce the risk of heart failure.
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