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[Diagnostic and Functional Tests]
The Comprehensive Cardiovascular Assessment analyzes blood for lipid markers, ratios, and independent risk factors. Together, these markers provide a thorough assessment of cardiovascular health status, revealing the biochemical environment associated with inflammation, lipid deposits, endothelial dysfunction, clotting factors, and other primary mechanisms underlying cardiovascular disease.
Nearly 50% of all heart attack victims have normal levels of traditional early warning markers for cardiovascular disease (CVD), such as total cholesterol. For this reason, improved clinical tools are needed to identify patients with a predisposition to CVD who can benefit from timely preventative intervention. This test measures revolutionary new independent markers that illuminate the multifactorial process of CVD.
Homocysteine, an amino acid, functions as an intermediate in methionine metabolism, and can rise in response to nutritional deficiencies of B12, folate, B6, or betaine. High levels of homocysteine have been linked to damaged endothelium, increased platelet aggregation, and the development of atherosclerosis. Lipoprotein (a), or Lp(a), is a marker strongly influenced by heredity. Cited for its strong association with both heart disease, Lp(a) promotes the deposit of fatty wastes and other debris in atherosclerosis.
C-reactive protein (CRP) is an important independent marker for inflammation. Evidence suggests that previous infection with pathogens such as H. pylori may act as an initiating trigger for this chronic inflammation. Elevated CRP has also been linked to a poorer long-term prognosis in individuals who have had a recent heart attack.
Other markers tested are fibrinogen, triglycerides, HDL and LDL cholesterol, Apo-1, Apo-B, total cholesterol and their ratios.
This assessment provides an overall indication of risk. A wide range of nutritional, lifestyle, and dietary interventions can be used to improve the patient’s biochemical profile and optimize cardiovascular health.
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Your gateway to good health.
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