Temporarily stopping blood flow in arm protects heart during attack

Friday - Feb 26, 2010, 03:59pm (GMT+5.5)

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London, Feb 26 (ANI): Damage in people having a heart attack can be prevented by temporarily stopping blood flow in the arm, a Danish study has shown.

According to researchers, the procedure "kick-starts" natural mechanisms in the heart to counter the lack of oxygen.

In The Lancet study of around 150 patients, those who were treated this way in the ambulance on the way to hospital sustained less damage to heart tissue, reports the BBC.

Study leader Professor Hans Botker, from Aarhus University Hospital, said: "Stopping blood flow to the arm suggests to the heart that there is something wrong and that seems to cause some extra protection." (ANI)

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