Knowing your cardiac risk is extremely important. Most people are not aware that they are at risk until an event happens. 50% of patients who suffer from a heart attack have normal LDL (“bad cholesterol” levels). When understanding your cardiac risk, looking at cholesterol is only 1/2 the picture and looking at the bigger picture gives us a better understanding of why and how we can help.
The good news is that, for most people, heart disease is PREVENTABLE and REVERSIBLE, if you know it ahead of time.
Vibrant America offers a comprehensive Cardiac Health Panel blood test, that look at all of these markers below in one blood draw. Some of the markers the test looks at are:
- Cholesterol – This determines your risk of having a heart attack or stroke caused by blockage of blood vessels or hardening of the arteries.
- Inflammation – Indicators of chronic low-grade inflammation and vascular injury, offering early warning signs for heart disease and stroke risk.
- Metabolic – This shows your risk of developing diabetes, or, if you already have diabetes, how your body is responding to treatment.
- Insulin – Reveal blood sugar balance and insulin resistance, major contributors to vascular damage and heart disease.
- Apolipoprotein A1, B, & B/A1 Ratio (Lipid Risk) – Advanced lipid markers that assess cholesterol transport and balance, key predictors of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular events
- CoQ10 – Functional markers to evaluate mitochondrial support and cardiac muscle integrity, helpful in identifying early myocardial stress or dysfunction.
- Genetics – These tests help determine whether you are genetically more likely to have risks linked to heart disease and how you may respond to certain treatments.
If you want to look at your heart health before any issues should arise, call our office at 530.885.5908
