Small Scanners Find Hidden Heart Disease
October 7, 2007 By MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Medical Writer
This undated photo, provided by Siemens Medical Solutions, shows the Siemens' Acuson P10, an ultrasound device that is being sold initially just for imaging the heart, mostly in emergency situations. Plans are in the works for imaging blood vessels in the near future. (AP Photo/Siemens Medical Solutions)
(AP) -- What if your doctor could swipe a wand over your neck and reveal whether you have hidden heart disease? That is now possible in places other than the sickbay of the starship Enterprise.
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