Noninvasive Test Detects Cardiovascular Disease

While ArterioVision is not the only FDA-cleared CIMT tool on the market, it is the only one that offers a predictive report for the physician and patient. It explains the significance of test results using a proprietary database and JPL-developed algorithms, and can extrapolate to show percentile of risk.

One particular feature of the report is the revelation of arterial age. It can show the patient that while he may be 50 years old, his arteries may be the equivalent of patients 75 years old. This real-world number is something patients can identify with and helps promote compliance with drug therapies and other forms of treatment—one of the most difficult aspects of preventing and treating heart disease. Physicians often lament that they stress the importance of lifestyle changes to their patients, but since heart disease does not initially come with symptoms, but instead with potentially fatal events, it is often difficult to impress upon the patients the urgency of taking care of their hearts. The ArterioVision patient report provides a significant warning sign and gives concrete examples.

The report then becomes part of a serial examination. Atherosclerosis can be reversed with strategies like exercise, diet change, weight loss, smoking cessation, and cholesterol-lowering medication; and the patient can see, after implementing a new strategy, if that one is working.

Currently, the technology is in all 50 states, and in many countries throughout the world. MTI is continuing to push this life-saving technology and is rapidly expanding its sales force in an effort to live up to its company credo, “Making a Positive Difference Every Day.”