One of the problems with heart health is that once the problem appears, it takes a great deal of effort to reverse it. Sometimes undergoing surgery or taking dangerous medications for a while are the only options at that point.
But how about if you could detect heart attack risk 10 – 20 years before any obvious symptoms appear? This would give you plenty of time to make minor, positive changes to prevent the big bang.
A new, completely un-invasive test does just that. You don’t even have to have your blood or urine taken. All it takes is looking at your fingers.
According to Dr. Chris Renna, a physician at Lifespan Medicine, which is based in Santa Monica, the new and innovative test that can predict heart attack risk lies in endothelial functioning. The EndoPat test determines the health of the blood vessels, which plays a big role in healthy cardio functioning.
[adrotate group=”5″]Renna states that it is possible to determine the level of functioning of the endothelial cells in people as young as 30, and if dysfunction is present, correcting it as soon as possible is one way to improve their health later on in life.
Some people are now choosing to use this test as an indicator of their cardio health levels, and whether they are doing enough to remain healthy in the future, especially when they reach 50 and above.
Those undergoing the EndoPat test are hooked to sensors that are placed on each of their fingers. After the sensors are in place, blood pressure cuffs are used to stop the blood flow in one of the hands.
When the cuff is deflated, the manner in which the blood flow recovers is measured by the sensors.
In patients that are healthy, the blood flow will be prevented by the inflation of the cuff, but when it is deflated, the blood flow spikes for a while, to make up for the lack of blood, before it returns to normal.
Those that display signs of abnormal heart functioning will only recover to the point that the blood flow was at before the cuff was inflated and the blood flow was stopped. There is no spike.
If a patient’s test is abnormal, it’s likely they will end up experiencing problems with their heart later on in life. The good news is that this test allows them the chance to take preventative action so that their worst fears aren’t realized.
Dr. Renna has stated that lifestyle modifications are some of the best ways to become heart healthy and prevent heart disease from becoming a reality.
Some of the modifications that a person can make include exercising, watching your weight and eating a healthy diet. When combined, these changes contribute to the restoration of optimal functioning of the blood vessels, as well as the prevention of strokes and heart attacks.
High blood pressure is the major cause of heart attack and stroke.
You don’t have to make drastic changes to get your blood pressure under control and contribute to a healthy heart – our blood pressure exercises can help you lower your blood pressure levels to under 120/80 in just under a week (sometimes on the same day) and they take as little as 9 minutes a day…
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Please can l afford this test device
These days people obsess too much about their health and their diets.
My ancestors on my maternal side were dairy farmers who lived without drugs into their eighties and nineties while eating the meat of fatty sheep along with butter and full cream cheeses.
I am saddened to see, " Is your cholesterol level too high" as a supposedly intelligent question. There are few people who would qualify for this condition, and they need special attention. Modern understanding of the role of cholesterol indicates that a substantial total cholesterol level is a POSITIVE indicator, especially in older people.
Are the EndoPat tests available in Canada?
Secondly the Roger Charlesworth’s comment about cholesterol concerns me. So
which is it? What is the total ideal cholesterol number for a senior. Is it a high number or a low? I am totally confused.
Pretty much any doctor should be able to perform this test since all it takes are blood pressure cuffs and a couple of oxy-meters. The problem is that most doctors don’t know about it. I suggest that for the next doctors visit you take a printout of this article with you and ask your doctor if he’s willing to do this.
On the issue of cholesterol. There is quite a controversy about this issue. I wrote an article about this a while back. You may want to check it out:
http://blueheronhealthnews.com/site/2013/01/19/the-complicated-issue-of-cholesterol/
And Antonia, you’re right. Obsessing about your diet can be just as bad as overdoing this. The most important thing is probably to avoid heavily processed foods as I’m sure your ancestors did.
– Scott
I tend to agree with Roger Charlesworth when he says that 'modern understanding of the role of cholesterol indicates that a substantial total cholesterol level is a POSITIVE indicator, especially in older people.' There is some truth in the observation made by Antonia, but one must remember that our ancestors often had a an active life with plenty of physical activity, which the present generation generally does not have.
this is interesting.
I am reminded of a ground-breaking book by Dr. Dean Ornish (1995). Assuming this is the right book of several he wrote, the back cover shows someone’s heart before and after the diet. It was compelling evidence that diet and lifestyle changes can reverse heart disease.
Thank you for the information about the “finger test” for heart disease.
Where can we get tested. I live in Puerto Rico.
Amazing: Not know much about such a test! Sources to contact for the needed Test/s?
Very interesting.Where can this test be done?
This is amazing. Every time I see a Dr. they tell me another chronic illness which has shown up! I need help for the third one from the last illness still! Not interested in finding another! Severe way to think, but if they cannot even tell me the statistics on the 3rd from the last lab test, I am not interested in having more tests which they can give me no information on! The Dr.’s are not going to continue to collect important data on me, without delivering that same information to myself! And, yes, I stand on this decision til I die! Doctors are as unreliable as the government; they want to treat only what they want to treat, and are not willing to give a patient the information they want!
This is still amazing information. Thanks for sharing it. If I ever run into an honest doctor, I might think about this one. I am not sure I ever want to know it, or to give my doctor the chance to make that much more money for a test they are not willing to relay the information I want to me about it! georgia