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美国有数千万患有动脉疾病的中年人,他们是潜在的心脏病患者。为此,心脏病学家詹姆斯·穆勒开发了一种可以用作预测心脏病发作的光谱侦测仪器。穆勒博士与医疗仪器公司Infra Redx一起开发了一种能够检测和分析冠状动脉内血小板积聚的仪器。血小板的主要功用是替受伤的部位止血,但当血管内的胆固醇积聚物破损时,血小板会于血管内凝结,并与胆固醇积聚,变得越来越大,形成脂肪斑块阻塞血管,如果这团斑块游离到心脏的大动脉(冠状动脉),就会引起冠心病了。穆勒博士研发的仪器利用超声波和红外光谱,在两分钟的时间内,能够对动脉化学产生多达3万次的读数。若检测
There are tens of millions of middle-aged Americans with arterial disease who are potential heart disease patients. To this end, cardiologist James Mueller has developed a spectral detection apparatus that can be used as a predictor of heart attack. Dr. Mueller and Infra Redx, a medical device company, have developed an instrument that can detect and analyze platelet aggregation in the coronary arteries. The primary function of platelets is to stop the bleeding for the injured area. However, when the intravascular accumulator of cholesterol is damaged, the platelets will coagulate in the blood vessels and accumulate with cholesterol and become larger and larger, forming a plaque that blocks the blood vessels. If this Cluster plaque free to the heart of the aorta (coronary artery), it will cause coronary heart disease. Instruments developed by Dr. Mueller utilize ultrasound and infrared spectroscopy to produce up to 30,000 readings of arterial chemistry in less than two minutes. If testing