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CAPIO · Cardiovascular Assessment, Prevention,
and Intervention Organization

Prevent when you can.
Act when it matters most.

CAPIO empowers people to understand their cardiovascular risk, lower it where they can, and recognize and act in the critical minutes of a heart attack.

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9.1 milliondeaths, 2021

people died from ischaemic heart disease in 2021.

World Health Organization

1 in 8deaths worldwide

World Health Organization

80%of it preventable

of premature heart disease and stroke is preventable.

Heart & Stroke

HOW?

  1. KNOW YOUR RISK.
  2. RECOGNIZE THE SIGNS.
  3. ACT FAST. TIME IS MUSCLE.
  1. Blood pressure
  2. Cholesterol
  3. Diabetes
  4. Smoking
  5. Physical activity
  6. Family history
Chest discomfort
Shortness of breath
Sweating
Nausea or vomiting
Light-headedness or unusual fatigue
Jaw and neck
Arms and shoulder
Back discomfort
00:00since heart attack
heart muscle
Learn to recognise it

What CAPIO does

We don’t just tell people cardiovascular disease matters.

We teach people what to do about it.

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An academic-medical initiative

Built across four institutions,
for one province.

  • McGill University
  • Université de Montréal
  • Université Laval
  • Université de Sherbrooke