There are a handful of different risk factors when it comes to heart disease, some are controllable and some are not. We at the Boone Heart Institute want you to be aware of both.
Uncontrollable risk factors
- Older age
- Family history of heart disease
- Male sex
- Post-menopausal
- Race (African American, American Indians, and Mexican Americans are at higher risk for heart disease)
Controllable risk factors
- Physical inactivity
- Obesity (more than 20% over your ideal body weight)
- Smoking
- Uncontrolled hypertension
- High C-reactive protein
- High LDL
- Uncontrolled stress and anger levels
Find out your potential heart-attack risk rate with the Boone Heart Institute’s Carotid-IMT test, performed by one of our highly trained technicians with a SonoSite portable ultrasound machine and can be taken anywhere. The machine’s reading device is placed up to your neck to check your artery lining thickness to the thousandth of a millimeter, which ensures the best accuracy in year-to-year repeat testing. Once the test is complete your information will be analyzed at the Boone Heart Institute with our SonoCalc software by Doctor Boone himself. The results of this simple test will provide us with valuable insight into your current cardiovascular health, and your potential heart-attack risk rate.
We at the Boone Heart Institute believe in Life Assurance vs Health Insurance. Boone Heart Life Assurance is designed to prolong your life, improve its quality, and be with you every step of the way. Let us worry about your health, so you can worry about living your life!
Consider your future, then consider Boone Heart.
