Life-saving research:tongue measurements. Measuring blood circulation under the tongue immediately after a severe acute heart attack predicts the chance of dying in hospital.
Until now, it was not possible to measure blood flow in the body in patients after a severe heart attack. Thanks to the tongue measurement method From now on it is possible for cardiologist in training Corstiaan den Uil of Erasmus MC.
The research shows that some of the patients – after an acute heart attack – suffer from poor blood flow to the organs In the body. About fifty percent of this group dies in hospital. Based on a tongue measurement blood flow in the body can be determined and improved. This could reduce the high mortality rate.
Erasmus MC expects that the 'tongue method' will also be introduced in other hospitals.
