CardioVision

At last, an inexpensive, rapid, non-invasive, FDA cleared, device to
assist in identifying those patients who are at significant risk for
Cardiovascular Disease. The Arterial Stiffness Index (ASI) of
the brachial artery has been demonstrated in studies to correlate
with the coronary arteries as to the extent of atherosclerotic
lesions. An estimated 60-70 million Americans harbor this
silent killer.

The CardioVision® provides key information on patients with:

• Atherosclerosis
• Infectious vasculitis
• Congenital defects
• Hypertension
• Hyperlipoproteinemia

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1. The device can measure blood pressure (through the standard oscillometric method) according to standards established by AAMI for automated blood pressure monitoring devices.
2. This system stores and displays the pulse wave patterns obtained during the course of the entire blood pressure measurement.
3. This system is able to classify the patterns obtained into one of five standard groupings (i.e. representative patterns, A, B,C,D,E) in most cases. In cases where elements of two (or more) standard patterns are present, both groups are indicated.
4. An Arterial Stiffness Index (ASI) quantifies Pattern A (0-80), normal stiffness, AC (81-209), mild stiffness, and C (210 and greater), high to severely increased stiffness of the brachial artery. The ASI can range up to 750 and higher. It's units are mmHg X 10.
5. A correlation has been observed between the five representative patterns and various cardiovascular conditions. By matching the pattern obtained from a particular subject with the closest representative pattern, information useful to physicians (and other health care workers operating under a physician's direction), in the evaluation of the overall condition of the circulatory system can be obtained.
6. Correlation sufficient to provide meaningful information to the physician has been observed for the following cardiovascular conditions:

• Normal
• Anemia
• Shock
• Intense Stress
• Arteriosclerosis
• Arrhythmia
• Heart Failure

7. The features of the device also make it useful to physicians (and other health care workers operating under a physicians direction) in screening or monitoring for the possible presence of the cardiovascular conditions listed above.
8. The device can store CardioVision® test results in an electronic database for future reference.
9. Other tests such as Total Cholesterol, LDL Cholesterol, HDL Cholesterol, Glucose and Triglycerides may be entered, permanently stored, and used later to produce a Framingham Score on a patient.

CardioVision® features include:

• Connect to any PC, Pentium II or higher processor, via an RS-232C serial port
• Requires Windows 98 SE, ME, or 2000, and minimum 64MB RAM
• Store up to 9,999 patients in one data file with up to 100 measurements on each
• An ASI baseline can be established for each patient
• An ASI History is created on each patient to allow monitoring over time
• All results can be printed or faxed, instantly, or at a later date
• Cholesterol, LDL-Cholesterol, HDL-Cholesterol, Glucose and Triglycerides data can
  be stored and exported to our new, optional Framingham Risk Analysis software.
• Framingham Risk Analysis software produces a "Percentage Risk of a Coronary Heart Event in 10 Years” for printout using the stored CardioVision data.