The New Era Of Cardiovascular Testing
When it comes to cardiovascular health, lipid panels are archaic and scientists have demonstrated that these tests have many limitations and only identify 40% of those at risk for coronary heart disease. People drop dead everyday with “normal” cholesterol levels, “normal” blood pressure and “normal” EKG findings. Scientists have found much more advanced blood tests that can far more accurately assess your risk of heart disease.
Vertical Auto Profile Test: (VAP) – This test identifies twice as many people at risk than routine cholesterol tests, including those with inherited risk factors who often develop premature heart disease.
Like routine tests, the VAP Test measures total cholesterol, HDL (“good” cholesterol), LDL (“bad” cholesterol), and triglycerides. But the VAP Test also measures cholesterol subclasses that play important roles in the development of heart disease.
This additional information allows your doctor to improve the detection of heart disease risk from about 40% to 90% and provides a foundation for patient-specific treatment plans.
Homocysteine: An inflammatory compound that is greatly associated with heart disease and neurodengerative conditions. Low levels indicate issues with methylation and B vitamin deficiencies.
C Reactive Protein: C Reactive Protein (CRP) is one of the major inflammatory markers that should be measured when assessing inflammatory levels and risk of heart disease. Studies have indicated that individuals with elevated levels of CRP have a risk about 2-3 times higher than the risk of those with low levels.
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) LipoProfile Test: This is is an advanced cardiovascular diagnostic test that uses nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy to uniquely provide rapid, simultaneous and direct measurement of LDL particle number and size of LDL particles, as well as direct measurement of HDL and VLDL subclasses.
This detailed lipoprotein particle information allows clinicians to make more effective individualized treatment decisions than previously possible based on standard lipid panel testing. The atherosclerotic culprit is LDL particle number, not LDL cholesterol. The NMR LipoProfile test differentiates CHD risk in patients who may have similar cholesterol values, especially when the LDL cholesterol is at or near ATP III treatment goals.
As a clinician, I have seen and heard many individuals who were living a healthy lifestyle, were not overweight, had a good physique and yet had a heart attack. For some, it was their last moment on Earth. These are men and women who with families and people that count on them.
I am dedicated to providing the best testing in the world and the most advanced health strategies to see people prevent and reverse chronic disease and live at their highest level.
As a clinician, I have seen and heard many individuals who were living a healthy lifestyle, were not overweight, had a good physique and yet had a heart attack. For some, it was their last moment on Earth. These are men and women who with families and people that count on them.
I am dedicated to providing the best testing in the world and the most advanced health strategies to see people prevent and reverse chronic disease and live at their highest level.
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