Non-invasive Resting Magnetocardiographic Imaging for the Rapid Detection of Ischaemia

Abstract

Ischaemic heart disease is the leading single cause of death in the US and elsewhere, and a major health problem worldwide.1 The direct cost of hospitalisations for ischaemic heart disease in the US alone is enormous and amounts to more than US$15 billion. Consequently, it is very important to facilitate more definitive ischaemia evaluation while avoiding unnecessary hospital admissions of non-cardiac chest pain patients, as well as avoiding discharge of patients with myocardial infarction (MI).