Ardor successfully conducted its first "Atherosclerotic cardiovascular screening program" at Arasampalyam and Kondampati villages, Coimbatore, India on August 2nd and 3rd,2014.
Main goal of this program was to identify the patients who had moderate and high risk for future heart attack and stroke.
Program details:
Fasting blood sugar
Fasting HDL
Fasting LDL
Fasting Total cholesterol
Fasting Triglycerides
Serum ALT(Hepatic function test)
Blood pressure measuerment
Ankle -brachial index(if needed)
BMI
History
Physician visit and recommendations (medical
management,diet and exercise and quit smoking recommendations to prevent future heart attack and stroke)
163 people were screened in this program. We were able to identify quite a number of people with a moderate and high risk for developing heart attack and stroke. Medical treatment was recommended according to current 2013 American heart association recommendation.
We were able to do this screening program by spending ~$6/patient.
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