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The Importance of Prevention
Understanding your personal health risks and changing your lifestyle habits to improve your health should be a priority for everyone. Prevention screenings provide invaluable information into the health of your vascular system – providing an opportunity for treatment before a serious or even life threatening health issue arises.
Carotid Artery Disease
Over 700,000 Americans suffer strokes each year. A significant number of patients die when they have a stroke; a larger number are left disabled with paralysis. The sad fact is that a large number of strokes could have been prevented with proper diagnosis and treatment.
Diagnosing the health of your Carotid Arteries helps your doctor understand your risks and helps enable them to treat your condition before a stoke occurs.
A simple and painless vascular health screening can detect if your carotid arteries have narrowed. A narrowed carotid artery is caused by plaque build-up inside the artery walls. If the artery becomes too narrow, blood flow to the brain becomes compromised, potentially causing a stroke.
Who is at risk for carotid artery disease?
Anyone with:
- A history of vascular or cardiovascular disease
- A history of smoking
- High blood pressure
- High cholesterol
Prevention and early detection through a simple vascular health screening is key to your vascular health.
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
An abdominal aortic aneurysm is silent but deadly. Three out of four people do not have symptoms. If an aneurysm ruptures, the likelihood of not surviving is 75%. Of those 75% that do not survive, 50% die prior to arriving at the hospital, 25% die after they arrive at the hospital.
An abdominal aortic aneurysm is a weakening in the wall of the aorta. The aorta is the largest blood vessel in the body. It forms at the heart and runs through the chest and abdomen where it divides into major arteries. It supplies blood to the organs of the body along the way.
AAA forms when the walls of the aorta weaken and allows the aorta to expand like a balloon. As it swells, the walls of the aorta may get so thin it can eventually rupture (or burst).
Who is at risk for AAA?
Anyone who:
- Has a family history of AAA
- Has high blood pressure
- Has a history of smoking
- Has been diagnosed with Atherosclerosis
- Is over the age of 55
Prevention and early detection through a simple vascular health screening is key to your vascular health.
Peripheral Artery Screening
Peripheral artery disease (or PAD) is one of the most under diagnosed health conditions in the US. Diagnosis is critical, as people with PAD have a four to five times higher risk of heart attack or stroke.
Peripheral artery disease occurs when fatty deposits cause the arteries to narrow, reducing the flow of blood to the limbs -- the peripheries of the body.
Who is at risk for PAD?
Anyone with:
- A history of vascular or cardiovascular disease
- A history of diabetes
- A history of smoking
- High blood pressure
- High cholesterol
- Weighing over 30 percent more than your ideal weight
Prevention and early detection through a simple vascular health screening is key to your vascular health.
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