British scientists said that bleeding images inside the heart after people suffer a heart attack are useful to figure out what drug treatments are required.

The research done by a team at the Imperial College London appears in the journal ‘Radiology’.

The research shows that the amount of bleeding can point out how damaged a person’s heart is after a coronary failure.

Scientists used a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan to produce images of bleeding inside the heart in 15 patients who had recently suffered a heart attack.

Study author Dr Declan O'Regan said that the images illustrate that how much internal bleeding is happening, which gives better insight into tissue damage and subsequent means of treatment

Dr. Declan said that patients, who suffered a large heart failure, where big part of the heart muscle was smashed, experienced a lot of bleeding into the heart muscle as compared to those whose heart failure was relatively small.

Such patients who had bleeding inside the damaged heart muscle have much lower chance of recovery.

Dr. Declan said, “Our study gives us a new insight into the damage that heart attacks can cause. Using this new scanning technique shows us that patients who develop bleeding inside their damaged heart muscle have a much poorer chance of recovery.”

Dr. Stuart Cook, who also participated in the study, said that the more doctors interpret what occurs during and after a coronary failure, the more likely it is new ways will be found to defy the damage.