Risk Assessment, Stratification and Predictive Value of Coronary Artery Disease for Indians in the Future: The

Aryaman Jain

Volume : VII, Issue : I, January - 2018

Risk Assessment, Stratification and Predictive Value of Coronary Artery Disease for Indians in the Future: The

Aryaman Jain

Abstract :

Objectives: The purpose of this paper and �MedLima� (MedLima means medical file in Latin) app is to analyze the data for 600 Indian Cardiac Patients and define a new metric for good health indicators by coining a 10-point scale for cardiac health. The app will serve as a medium for patients to utilize the 10-point scale for basic self-diagnosis, and as a motivator to maintain good health. It also serves as a repository for data on key health indicators which can be contributed to by doctors and other healthcare providers.

Methodology: This is a retrospective study for which the data of 600 patients was collected with the help of a hospital over a period of time. The data consists of multiple health indicators. Each indicator is assigned a point value according to degree of correlation with CAD. We also propose new �safe� and �risk� zones for some of the indicators like Cholesterol, BMI and Triglycerides, which have been derived from our data specifically for the Indian population and may differ from both conventional lab reports and the update provided by the American Heart Association for cardiac health every year.