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Table 3 Criteria to define Myocardial Infarction and Stroke survivors

From: Access to primary health care for acute vascular events in rural low income settings: a mixed methods study

Myocardial infarction

Stroke

Confirmed case of MI diagnosed by a physician OR history of following:

• Chest pain described as a pressure sensation, fullness, or squeezing in the midportion of the thorax

• Radiation of chest pain into the jaw or teeth, shoulder, arm, and/or back

• Associated dyspnea or shortness of breath

• Associated epigastric discomfort with or without nausea and vomiting

• Associated diaphoresis or sweating

• Syncope or near syncope without other cause

• Impairment of cognitive function without other cause

Confirmed case of Stroke diagnosed by a physician OR history of following:

• Have had paralysis or weakness on one entire side of the body, an arm or a leg.

• Have out of the corner of his mouth pie, unable to bring it to normal voluntarily.

• Have impaired speech, or trouble talking to someone for failing to articulate, pronounce words or sentences correctly.

• Have numbness or loss of sensation on one side of the body, an arm or a leg, more than a full day duration.