“I think that I would like to see heart disease information given to people at a young age?… Looking back, I wish that I would have been a little more proactive.”
Female, age 67
Research summaries: summary of research to date from the Heart Innovation Research Program in understandable language.
- Do women report heart pain differently compared to men? View
- Early warning signs of heart disease and how they can be confused with other symptoms. View
- Early warning signs of heart disease in relation to pain and anxiety and in relation to other conditions. View
- How a screening tool was created to test for early warning signs of heart disease. View
- Men and women experience early warning symptoms and signs of an unhealthy heart up to 2 years prior to a heart attack. View
Individual Research Study – Educational slide Decks and Videos for education (each study with voice over narration of the results)
- Early Warning Signs of Heart Disease – Information for men and women Video
- Prodromal Symptoms Screening Scale [PS-SS] Validation in Acute Coronary Syndrome. PPT Video
- Impact of Prodromal Symptoms on future Cardiac-related Events. PPT Video
- Prodromal Symptoms associated with Acute Coronary Syndrome -Acute Symptom Presentation. PPT Video
- Prodromal Symptoms- A Complicated Clinical Challenge: A Case Study. Video
- How to use the online Symptom Screening Tool Video
Tools: Cardiac Prodromal Symptoms Screening Scale for use for early heart health screening.
- Hard copy download
- The online screening scale can be found at: catchheartdiseaseearly.ca
- Toronto Pain Management Inventory- ACS Version Permission Form: Download here