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Shock Waves Can Save Hearts

December 21, 2006/

Extracorporeal cardiac shock wave therapy sounds like something Capt. Picard might need after a run-in with the Borg. But it’s actually a new, real-life way to treat end-stage heart disease.

A team of Japanese researchers found that blasting the heart with shock waves helps patients grow new blood vessels and increase blood flow.

By Aria Pearson

Full Story: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/medtech/0,72270-0.html?tw=wn_index_1

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