Diagnostics

The Heart Disease Tests You Need

Here’s a sobering statistic: 50 percent of the time, the first symptom of heart disease is a heart attack. Without warning, half of all people…

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Heart Disease Signs and Symptoms

All too often a heart attack strikes out of the blue. These events are shocking, especially for younger adults. But when I talk with heart…

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Assess Your Heart Disease Risk with These Arterial Health Tests

Evaluating the health of your coronary arteries is clearly key in determining your chances of developing heart disease or suffering a heart attack or stroke.…

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The Aspirin Resistance Test as Part of Heart-Disease Screening

Pop an aspirin. Prevent clots. Save your life. This tried-and-true heart-health mantra has been around for as long as I can remember. Aspirin is a…

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The Blood Inflammation Tests You Need to Assess Your Heart Disease Risk

As more and more research indicates, inflammation in the body is a silent-but-deadly problem that undermines arterial health. In fact, I’m a firm believer that…

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Testing Your Blood Sugar Levels to Assess Your Risk of Heart Disease

Most people associate blood sugar testing exclusively with diabetes testing. But when performing routine screening for heart disease, I highly recommend having a fasting HbA1c…

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Which Cholesterol and Triglyceride Tests Do You Need to Assess Your Risk of Heart Disease?

If you really want to find out how much of a heart disease risk your current cholesterol and triglyceride levels represent, I’m here to tell…

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Heart Function Tests to Assess Heart Disease Risk

One common question that I’m asked by those concerned about their risk for heart disease is, what heart function tests should be included in a…

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Determine Your Risk of Stroke With the PLAC Test

Until now, there hasn’t been a test that could measure your risk of having a stroke. The latest technology gives us, for the first time,…

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The Sinatra Smart Zone Scores for Heart Disease Tests

Undergoing the right combination of tests to evaluate your risk of heart disease is key to maintaining optimal heart health. But once you’ve had those…

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