Device to identify viable myocardium gets National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Energy Life Systems has received a US NIH grant to develop a fibreoptic catheter and method for monitoring the viability of heart tissue. The ability to distinguish between viable and infarcted myocardium "would be very useful in guiding treatment strategy and predicting outcome in many clinical situations, says Dr Charles Morcos of the University of California.