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Benefits |
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Undetected Cardiovascular Disease is the greatest health risk facing patients today. Physicians need a new, advanced method to detect cardiovascular disease, before their patients experience symptoms – the first often being a heart attack resulting in sudden death. |
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The HeartSmartIMTplus™ Advantage
Comprehensive |
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- Provides accurate measurements of IMT and compares results to proprietary 40,000-Patient IMT Database with more than 1 million data points
- Assesses presence of plaque and plaque composition
- Assesses plaque vulnerability to rupture that can lead to heart attack or stroke
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Accurate & Reproducible |
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- Proprietary method of edge detection ensures accurate measurement in tortuous arteries
- Measures IMT in millimeters to 3 decimal points
- Measures the identical region of interest every time
- Essential in sequential measurement to assess patient progress
- Measurement reproducibility of ±3% – far better than competing IMT measurements
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Reliable |
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- Predictive accuracy – provides patient risk assessment of heart attack or acute event with a statistical confidence level of 90% when compared against proprietary 40,000-Patient IMT Database
- Proprietary database is critical for accurate prediction of patient risk
- Average patient follow up: ~ 6 years
- Age range: 2 – 90 years old, Average age: 52
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Patient-Oriented Reporting |
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- The HeartSmartIMTplus™ Report Card provides an illustrated, easy to understand report that graphically presents the patient with the state of his or her cardiovascular health
- HeartSmartIMTplus™ reports on the actual state of disease instead of risk factors for disease
- Graphic Report Card is highly motivational for patient compliance with physician recommendations
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Convenient |
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- HeartSmartIMTplus™ can be performed in the physician’s office
- Images are sent to the HeartSmartIMTplus™ HIPAA compliant server via the Internet for ease of processing
- Off site image analysis and report generation reduce physician’s workload
- Scans are stored in HeartSmartIMTplus™ data center for easy archiving and retrieval
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