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MRI contrast agent can detect heart attack in the making

Scientists at New York's Mount Sinai Medical Center and the New York University School of Medicine have developed a new imaging technique that allows physicians to peer directly into patients' blood vessels and find dangerous cholesterol-filled plaques before they rupture and cause a heart attack. In animal tests, the new technique improved cholesterol detection by 79 percent. The research will be presented in March at the American Chemical Society national meeting in Chicago.

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