MUSC doctors' heart disease test could help millions

February 25, 2008 edition of the Charleston Post and Courior published a story about two top notch MUSC researchers, Drs. Michael Zile and Frank Spinale.  The story by Jill Coley:

If you have high blood pressure, a doctor might soon be able to prick your finger, squeeze out a few drops of blood and tell you whether you are likely to develop heart disease. Two Medical University of South Carolina doctors say they are less than five years away from creating a quick, easy test for the more than 72 million Americans who are hypertensive. Drs. Michael Zile and Frank Spinale want to identify people before they join the 5 million Americans suffering heart failure - an irreparable condition. Research manager Robert Stroud also is credited in the invention.

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