Nature Outlook 

Heart health

Around 25,000 people die every day from ischaemic heart disease, making it by far the world’s biggest killer. Research is revealing what causes the heart to malfunction – and how to stop that from happening.

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Abbott creates life changing products – in diagnostics, medical devices, nutrition and branded generic pharmaceuticals – that help people and their families lead healthier lives. For diagnostics, Abbott aims to provide accurate tools that enable smarter, faster decisions and transform the way health care providers are managing patients. Abbott’s technology spans the world of healthcare operations - with medical diagnostic instruments, tests, automation and informatics solutions for hospitals, reference labs, blood centers, emergency departments, physician offices and clinics. In line with this commitment, Abbott strives to develop products to reduce the number one cause of mortality worldwide, cardiovascular disease (CVD). To address this disease burden Abbott developed a cardiac specific biomarker, High Sensitivity Troponin I (Hs-cTnI), to help doctors more accurately predict the risk of a heart attack or other cardiac event in the apparently healthy population.

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