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 Visit our library of Scientific Newsletters to review the latest research related to early detection and prevention of heart attack.
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 Visit SHAPE Points, our library of PowerPoint slides provided by distinguished cardiovascular researchers.
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The Old Paradigm: Sick Care |
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Established cardiovascular guidelines focus on detecting and treating “symptomatic patients,” those who have experienced a heart attack. Very little investment has been made to prevent a first heart attack.
Today’s guidelines fail to identify the “vulnerable patient” those who are at high risk of a heart attack. Screening only for risk factors of heart disease (e.g. blood pressure and cholesterol) has resulted in many heart attack victims being considered borderline or “normal” and not high risk.
Risk factor screening is necessary but grossly insufficient for prevention of heart attack.
SHAPE begins where risk factor screening ends. |
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New Paradigm: Health Care |
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SHAPE advocates for detecting and treating “pre-symptomatic patients.”
The SHAPE Guideline calls for all apparently healthy men 45-75y and women 55-75y (except those with a very low risk factor profile) to be screened for atherosclerosis (plaque buildup in the heart and arteries). It allows for identification and treatment of the “vulnerable patient,” individuals who are at very high risk of a near future heart attack.
Heart attack is not an earthquake; it can be predicted, thereby prevented. Together, we can eradicate the suffering that heart attack inflicts upon humanity.
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