Table II.
Inclusion and exclusion criteria for MCard
Inclusion criteria | Exclusion criteria |
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i.Age eligibility: From 35 years till 65 years. | i.Mini-mental State Examination of less than 24. |
ii.Gender eligibility: Both | ii.Not physically or mentally capable of handling a mobile phone. |
iii.Diagnosed with documented ACS evidence by a cardiologist based on the chest or epigastric pain, radiating to the arm, jaw, neck or back and/or cardiac markers and/or electrocardiogram. | iii.Diagnosed with familial hypercholesterolemia. |
iv.Ejection fraction of >25%. | iv.History of cerebrovascular accident. |
v.Patients are having mobile phone ownership or a caretaker who can assist in handling mobile. | v.Patient on hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis. |
vi.Patients are giving fully informed voluntary written consent for participation. | vi.A patient diagnosed with hepatitis B or C by serology. |
vii.The patient may only have received medical treatment or may have undergone cardiac revascularisation procedure percutaneous coronary intervention or thrombolytic therapy. | vii.Concurrent severe disease, such as malignancy. |
viii.Is or may be pregnant. |