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Lessons of cyber heart attack

Computers may not have a soul but Scottish researchers are attempting to build a cyber heart to trigger the world’s first virtual heart attack.

It is hoped the ambitious project will ultimately help refine the treatment heart attack survivors receive and improve their long-term health.

Someone has a heart attack every 15 minutes in Scotland, according to the British Heart Foundation.