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The Cardiovascular
Cure – How to Strengthen Your Self-Defense Against Heart Attack and Stroke
What
Can I Do to Uncover Healthy arteries are flexible and elastic – they expand and briefly store blood from each heartbeat thereby helping the heart move blood to all areas of your body. Unhealthy or diseased arteries are often stiff or hardened – placing extra strain on the heart and the artery wall which can result in heart failure, artery obstructions (plaque) and abnormalities that can interfere with normal blood flow.
With a quick, simple and non-invasive test,
the
CVProfilor®
measures arterial elasticity, which can help your physician identify
whether you have potential underlying vascular disease. When arteries
stiffen, they are more likely to clog and cause heart attacks and
strokes. The
CVProfilor®
provides information on the health of your arteries and can help to
identify problems at its earliest stages. READ
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The CVProfilor® Can Help Your Doctor Determine Your Risk HDI's
non-invasive CVProfilor® System is capable of measuring several hemodynamic
parameters including arterial compliance (that is, the elasticity of
your arteries). Due to its sensitivity, the CVProfilor®
can alert your doctor to early arterial changes which may indicate potential underlying vascular disease.
If your doctor were to find such indicators, he or she might recommend more
specific tests or review and discuss other options. HOW
DOES IT WORK?
Who is at Risk for Cardiovascular Disease?
How CardioVascular Profiling Helps Cardiovascular specialists spend considerable effort on evaluating heart function, including electrocardiograms (ECGs), echocardiograms and stress tests, but are limited in their ability to assess the functional and structural abnormality of the arteries prior to the late phase of arterial obstruction. Subtle changes in arterial elasticity introduce changes in the arterial system that are reflected in the arterial blood pressure waveform. Rresearch suggests that these changes in the function and structure of the arterial wall precede the development of diseases such as hypertension and diabetes. By assessing the elasticity of the arterial system, clinical investigators have been able to identify a reduction in arterial elasticity in patients without evidence of traditional risk factors, suggesting the early presence of vascular disease. Furthermore, clinical research data has demonstrated that individuals with heart failure, coronary artery disease, hypertension and diabetes typically exhibit a loss of arterial elasticity. These abnormal blood vessel changes often appear to precede overt signs of cardiovascular disease and the occurrence of a heart attack or stroke by many years. Clinical investigators have also demonstrated an age-related loss of elasticity of both the large and small arteries suggesting that premature stiffening of an individual’s arteries is an apparent marker for the early onset of cardiovascular disease. Learn
about the CardioVascular Profile MORE
Learn About Cardiovascular Health and More at the AHA: Visit
the American Heart Association website for news and information
about the importance of heart health! Understand hypertension, heart
disease and other related conditions and their definitions. Check out
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