Assessing all of your cardiovascular health markers will give you a good idea of your overall cardiovascular health, together with Cardio-Stress Imaging Assessment and your DNA Profile.
Cardiovascular health profiles are recommended for anyone who has a family history of cardiovascular disease, established cardiovascular disease (such as history of a heart attack, high cholesterol, coronary artery disease and high blood pressure), obesity, history of smoking, a stressful lifestyle, diabetes, or thyroid problems. Women at menopausal age, men over the age of 40 and anyone who is about to undergo surgery should also be aware of their cardiovascular health status.
A cardiovascular health profile will involve an initial thorough assessment of your lifestyle, diet and overall health. It will include physical measurements of your weight, body mass index (BMI), blood pressure, your fat to muscle mass ratios and a cellular health assessment.
Depending on the results from the initial assessments, further testing may be conducted. Remède’s comprehensive series of tests go beyond the normal testing of just blood pressure and cholesterol. At Remède we also test your total cholesterol (the good versus the bad cholesterol), triglycerides (essentially how much fat is in your blood), your body’s propensity to form blood clots, insulin resistance (also known as Syndrome X), homocysteine (an important amino acid, the presence of which suggests greater coronary risk) and the presence of inflammatory responses in the cardiovascular system, in addition to other important biochemical markers.
The cardiovascular profile can also evaluate the effects of diet, therapy and lifestyle modifications on coronary risk.
All cardiovascular profiles require blood testing, for which you will be referred to a lab collection centre close to your home or work.
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