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Programa de detección y educación de CAMPEONES
La evaluación CHAMPIONS es gratuita y está diseñada para que comprenda mejor su salud y tome el control de su bienestar. El proceso es rápido y confidencial, le brinda información valiosa sobre sus riesgos cardiovasculares y le da las herramientas necesarias para tomar decisiones informadas sobre su atención médica.
From Screening to Action
Screening alone does not improve outcomes. What happens next is what matters. CHAMPIONS is designed to ensure that participants can act on what they learn.
Every participant receives:
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Clear, easy-to-understand explanations of their results
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Education tailored to their language and context
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Guidance on next steps, including how and where to seek care
We connect individuals to primary care providers, specialists, and community resources, including options for those without insurance. For many participants, this is their first meaningful connection to the healthcare system.
The goal is simple: ensure that each person leaves with the understanding and support needed to take the next step.
Identifying Risk Before It Becomes Disease
PAD does not develop in isolation. It is driven by underlying cardiovascular and metabolic conditions that are often silent.
That’s why CHAMPIONS provides simple, on-site testing for key drivers of cardiovascular disease, along with PAD for persons that meet the testing criteria presented on the right.
For many participants, a CHAMPIONS screening is the first time these risks are identified. While they may not yet cause symptoms, they are powerful early indicators of future disease, creating a critical opportunity to act before complications.
High blood pressure is one of the most common and most important risk factors for heart and vascular disease. It often has no symptoms, which is why it’s called a “silent” condition. Measuring blood pressure helps identify risk early, when it can still be managed to prevent complications like heart attack, stroke, and PAD
We follow American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) guidelines, which emphasize early identification of atherosclerotic risk (plaque buildup in the arteries). Detecting elevated cholesterol allows for timely treatment before this buildup leads to symptoms or serious disease.
Blood sugar (HbA1c/Diabetes)
Our approach aligns with American Diabetes Association (ADA) recommendations for diabetes screening. Many participants we see have never been tested. In our programs, a meaningful number of people are newly identified with diabetes or prediabetes during screening. HbA1c reflects average blood sugar over several months, making it a more reliable measure than a single glucose reading.
Our approach is guided by international vascular guidelines and is designed to identify disease even in people who may not yet have symptoms.
Esto es lo que puedes esperar durante tu prueba de detección:
1. Admisión: Historial médico e información demográfica
Comenzaremos recopilando su información básica y su historial médico. Esto nos ayuda a establecer un punto de partida para su estado de salud actual e identificar cualquier área específica en la que debamos centrarnos durante la evaluación.
2. Signos vitales: Altura, peso y presión arterial
Mediremos su altura, peso y presión arterial para evaluar su salud cardiovascular y metabólica general.
3. Pruebas en el punto de atención (POC): HbA1c y perfil lipídico
A continuación, realizaremos pruebas rápidas para evaluar su HbA1c (que mide sus niveles de azúcar en sangre a largo plazo) y su perfil lipídico (que evalúa sus niveles de colesterol). Estas pruebas nos brindan información valiosa sobre su salud metabólica y nos ayudan a identificar riesgos de enfermedades cardiovasculares.
4. Índice dedo-brazo (IDB): Prueba de presión del dedo del pie
Algunos participantes se someterán a una prueba del Índice Dedo-Brazo (IDB), que mide el flujo sanguíneo hacia los dedos de los pies para detectar la enfermedad arterial periférica (EAP). La EAP es una afección que suele estar asociada a una mala circulación en las piernas y puede aumentar el riesgo de complicaciones cardiovasculares y amputaciones. Esta prueba no invasiva nos ayuda a identificar posibles riesgos para su salud vascular.
5. Educación personalizada
Tras su evaluación, recibirá información personalizada sobre su salud, adaptada a sus resultados. Abordaremos temas clave como el riesgo de diabetes, colesterol alto, hipertensión arterial y enfermedad arterial periférica. También le brindaremos orientación sobre las opciones de seguro médico y cómo contactar a un médico de cabecera para recibir atención adicional.
Nuestro objetivo no es solo identificar posibles riesgos para la salud, sino también brindarle el conocimiento y las herramientas necesarias para que tome el control de su salud en adelante. La Clínica de Detección CHAMPIONS es un paso proactivo hacia un futuro más saludable, y estamos aquí para apoyarlo en cada paso del camino.
Using the Right Tools for the Right Populations
Accurate screening is essential, particularly in high-risk populations. Traditional PAD screening methods, such as the ankle-brachial index (ABI), can be unreliable in individuals with diabetes or chronic kidney disease due to arterial calcification. CHAMPIONS uses the toe-brachial index (TBI), which remains accurate in these populations and allows for earlier, more reliable detection of disease. See this article on the effectiveness of TBI in community settings.
Equally important, TBI can be performed quickly and with minimal training, making it well-suited for community-based settings.
This combination of accuracy and accessibility enables screening that is both clinically rigorous and scalable.