Bio-MedPoint’s screening tool uses a small sample of blood serum— either from the vein or a finger-stick— and passes it through a quick screening tool.
Computer algorithms not only show evidence of the disease, they also indicate varying degrees of disease— from healthy to high probability of CAD. Then it lists the results in a Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA) score.
The technology uses equipment already standard in labs so no new hardware is needed to use this technology. It easily integrates with Beckman & Coulter Capillary Zone Electrophoresis which is in about 5,000 labs in the country.
This capillary electrophoresis system gives faster results. Doctors can find test results in less than an hour. There is no other test available with such a high accuracy and quick turn-around time.
The Framingham model was designed to predict heart risk based on five factors — age, gender, cholesterol levels, blood pressure and smoking status. Heart experts have been concerned that the model does not considers family history of heart disease, which recent studies show can play a role in an individual’s risk.
The model is based on a study in the 1960s. And findings hint, that it’s time for an update to the decades-old model. Discussion about how globally useful the Framingham risk score remains, since its original cohort was not as ethnically diverse as is our current population (TIME.COM).
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