Heart attacks can be good for you, according to doctors in Germany and Britain.
They have deliberately induced heart attacks in patients with blockages around their heart with some success. Of the 18 patients they have tried the technique on, 16 have shown big improvements in their symptoms afterwards.
The heart blockage, hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, has been cleared by the attack, leading to better flow from the left ventricular (Circulation, 1997; 2075-81).