JENA, Germany, April 26, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Thanks to a new diagnostic procedure a possible heart attack can now be recognized more quickly. At the annual conference of the German Cardiac Society (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kardiologie - DGK) in Mannheim the Cardiogoniometry (CGM) system was introduced.

Every day in Germany about 10,000 people with acute chest pain are admitted to hospital. In about eight percent a heart attack diagnosis is confirmed. Treatment and chance of survival for these patients have markedly improved over the last few years, when the right measures are initiated immediately at a qualified hospital. For this purpose a good diagnosis already from a family doctor or a practicing cardiologist is necessary.

The methods available thus far are often not sufficient for this. A heart attack or other heart damage can be present even if ECG and blood test results are unremarkable. The patient then needs to be transferred, other stressful examinations are lined up and, in the acute case, valuable time is lost.

However, severe heart disease can now already be recognized with ease and a high degree of certainty at a practice: with Cardiogoniometry. This involves a procedure for the spatio-temporal evaluation of ECG-Data. The device used for this, the CARDIOLOGIC EXPLORER, works with five electrodes in an orthogonal system which orients itself along the axis of the heart. Without stress to the patient the data is recorded in a mere twelve seconds and is evaluated automatically.

In an initial study commissioned by the manufacturer enverdis, the method showed a very high rate of accuracy. In eight German centers more than 200 individuals with chest pain were examined. All had an unremarkable ECG and for final clarification of the diagnosis received an examination with a cardiac catheter. The CGM, with a high degree of certainty, was able to determine those individuals who had heart damage. The conclusion was that the CGM represents a readily available, additional procedure in the early diagnostics of acute chest pain and heart attacks. This head start can save lives.

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SOURCE: enverdis GmbH

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