Remède is proud to offer Cardio-Stress Imaging, a state-of-the-art European technology, that the first of its kind in Australia. This new technology is already saving lives in Europe, by assessing heart attack and cardiac disease risk. It can also assess heart function in healthy individuals, making it an effective and affordable preventative assessment.
Cardio-Stress Imaging goes beyond traditional heart-function testing. Cardio-Stress Imaging uses traditional ECG testing together with heart-rate-variability (HRV) testing, and whole-body stress indexing, which can identify important markers of heart health and function.
Cardio-Stress Imaging can identify your current cardiovascular health, existing heart disease in its early stages, as well as measure the effects of stress on the heart and body, to enable the practitioner to develop a treatment strategy and practice early preventative treatment.
how cardio-stress imaging works
The assessment involves the attachment of leads to your ankles and wrists, which similar to traditional ECG testing. It is painless and only takes a few minutes to perform – but the information that it provides is groundbreaking and it can be lifesaving.
The test generates a 3D colour-coded image, from the electromagnetic feedback from your heart function, which you can see on the computer screen. This unique, state-of-the-art technology enables you to visualise your heart and the effect of your stress levels on your heart.
This cutting edge assessment makes the early signs of functional abnormalities visible, before the structural damage of the heart occurs.
With the help of expert cardiological interpretation by our cardiologist, this image can reveal the extent of current stress load on your heart, as well as other useful information such as the impact of improper diaphragmatic breathing, nutritional deficiencies and hormones on the function of your heart and whole-body health.
identifying “hibernating myocardium” with cardio-stress imaging
Cardio-Stress Imaging can measure the interactivity of the heart with the brain, including the impact of chronic stress on heart function and the development of the “hibernating myocardium” – which research now shows is linked to “hibernation of the brain” and the development of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. Hibernating myocardium is caused by chronic stress on the heart from life-stress and from oxidative overload from poor lifestyles, toxicity and nutritional deficiencies.
The heart has an important role in protecting the brain and it is involved in the balance of your whole body’s health in two main ways:
- By releasing the so-called “intelligent heart hormones”, which oppose the negative effects of the stress response on the body. This occurs every 24 to 48 minutes, independent of the absence or presence of illness, to improve the function of the internal organs.
- By sending the omnipotent cells, also known as adult stem cells, to areas all over the body to areas of need to regenerate the internal organs (liver, kidney, brain etc).
As Cardio-Stress Imaging can identify the interactions (cross-talk) between the brain and the heart, as well as assess and diagnose hibernating myocardium, it is a powerful assessment for all patients who are interested in maintaining optimal wellness.
Therefore, Cardio-Stress Imaging can not only assess the health of your heart, but also the impact of heart-health on your brain and the intensity of communication via hormones and the overall impact of stress on your whole health.
measuring heart-rate-variability with cardio-stress imaging
Heart rate variability (HRV), measured on Cardio-Stress Imaging, is a measurement of naturally occurring, beat-to-beat changes in heart rate. HRV is an evidence-based tool used to assess the sympathetic nervous system’s modulation of the heart and breathing, which was developed over forty years ago, but has been further developed by contemporary research.
HRV is an important indicator of both physiological resiliency and behavioural flexibility, reflecting your individual capacity to adapt effectively to stress and environmental demand.
Lowered HRV has been scientifically found in a range of chronic conditions including:
- Hypertension (high blood pressure)
- Arrhythmias
- Autoimmune disorders
- Chronic pain
- Fibromyalgia
- Chronic fatigue syndrome
- Anxiety disorders
- Clinical depression
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Sleep related breathing disorders
- Diabetes
- Alzheimer’s disease
The impact of heart rate variability on these conditions is a significant factor and HRV measurement can provide a low-cost, widely available, non-invasive method for assessing the effect of their heart function on these diseases. It can also effectively measure an individuals stress load, function of the sympathetic nervous system and predict cardiovascular events, especially cardiac death, sustained ventricular arrhythmias and coronary heart disease. Contemporary scientific research has confirmed that HRV can help to monitor hormonal regulation and it is extremely useful for monitoring the effect of breathing techniques and exercise training on improving heart function.
how you can benefit from cardio-stress imaging
At Remède, this groundbreaking testing and treatment is performed by our cardiologist and medical acupuncturist, Dr Jerzy (George) Dyczynski, who employs cardio-stress imaging technology to assess a patient’s cardiovascular and overall health and stress levels at every initial consultation, before commencing treatment, with holistic and medically effective natural treatment.
Holistic treatment for a range of general health concerns, including cardiovascular issues, that are identified on cardio-stress imaging, may include medical acupuncture, herbal medicine, nutritional supplementation, reflexology, exercise and diaphragmatic breathing exercises. Most importantly, your treatment can then be accurately monitored via cardio-stress imaging, to assess your response to treatment and to monitor the reversal or management of your health condition.
Cardio-Stress Imaging is also a useful tool for the monitoring of cardiovascular training in athletes, as well as to check wellness levels in healthy individuals. Cardio-Stress Imaging is also one of our “general check-up tests”, together with Cellular Health Testing and Hemaview, to see how your health is functioning on all levels as part of taking a preventative and proactive approach to your health. Indeed, many patients come and have 6-12-monthly Cardio-Stress Imaging testing to ensure that they continue to keep well, long after they have completed active treatment.
Cardio-Stress Imaging has the potential save lives, as well as to monitor medically effective natural treatments, to ensure truly evidence-based and effective treatment outcomes for improving cardiovascular disease, reversing disease processes and improving general health. Cardio-Stress Imaging is truly preventative medicine at its best!
