Cardiovascular Disease is the leading cause of death of both men and women 45 and older.
25% of first-time heart attack victims have no warning symptoms and die.
49% of those who suffer a heart attack have “normal” cholesterol.
The Southwest Naturopathic Medical Center provides an ultrasound test of patients’ arteries that is recommended by the American Heart Association for all people over 45 years old.
The test detects cardiovascular disease in the earliest stages and is predictive of both heart attack and stroke, which are still the #1 and #3 killers in America. It is a simple and non-invasive ultrasound procedure that has been used in research for over 20 years.
This test shows the age of arteries compared to chronological age. It’s meant to guide patients and their health care providers to take steps to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke. Many factors contribute to risk for heart attack and stroke, (more than 250 have been identi-fied).
Results of CIMT help determine who is at elevated risk and who needs more aggressive treatment. If you have high cholesterol, hypertension, or diabetes mellitus; or have smoked or have a family history of the disease, call the Southwest Naturopathic Medical Center to schedule your heart scan.
Complete Heart scan $125
The Endothelial Dysfunction has been recognized by the medical community as the “critical junction between risk factors and clinical disease”. It is the earliest detectable stage of cardiovascular disease.
EndoPat is the leading medical device process for noninvasive endothelial function assessment. It is becoming widely recognized as the standard method for endothelial function assessment.
Some of the features that make the EndoPAT Process appealing are its ease of use, user-independence and immediate, automatically calculated
results. It provides clinicians with a reliable and reproducible index of endothelial function in a 15-minute, office-based test.
The EndoPAT Process provides a window into the fundamental and earliest tissue to show arterial disease, endothelial function. The best use of the EndoPAT is purely genetic risk for cardiovascular disease. Endothelial dysfunction is present years before hypertension. Additionally, knowing a patient’s EndoScore will help risk stratify normal tensive patients with good lipid panels into those with arterial health and those without. This is important as more than 1/3 of all cardiovascular events are with patients with normal BP and Lipid values. The good news is improving an EndoScore can take several months, unlike damage to the arterial wall which can take years.
Complete EndoPAT scan $110
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Dr. Christianson, founder of Integrative Health in Scottsdale, Ariz., and member of SCNM’s first graduating class, was on the television show The Doctors!
Cardiovascular Disease is the leading cause of death of both men and women 45 and older. 
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