Coronary Artery Disease among Asian Indians (CADI) Research Foundation

Arlene Silva
2001-05-31

Did you know that individuals of Asian Indian origin have a 3 to 4-fold higher risk of Heart Disease? These and other important statistics await you at http://www.cadiresearch.com/.

According to their informative web site, http://www.cadiresearch.com/,
Coronary Artery Disease among Asian Indians (CADI) Research Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to reducing the ravages of Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) among Asian Indians worldwide. A visit to the web site will arm you with a global overview of CADI, complete with graphs on mortality, risk of hospitalization, and prevalence.

Furthermore, you may read about the National Asian Indian Heart Disease Project, the purpose of which is �to collect patient information and blood samples, and to store DNA in order to determine the prevalence of inherited disorders linked to CAD, and the prevalence of CAD in the Asian Indian population.� The test results will then be given to the referring physician and used to help identify high CAD risk disorders and guide therapeutic decisions.