Preventive Heart Care & Wellness
Our Piedmont Heart Institute team is focused on keeping you and your heart as healthy as possible. We offer heart and blood vessel screenings, specialized care for women and personalized guidance with lifestyle modification that can significantly improve your heart health. We also specialize in early treatment of heart disease.
Screenings to Help Determine Risk
At Piedmont Heart Institute, we take a proactive approach to cardiovascular care. After a thorough review of personal information and key health measures that may affect your heart, our specialists develop a personal prevention plan which may consist of screening tests to better understand your risk of cardiovascular disease. Some of these tests may include:
- Advanced cholesterol screening
- Advanced cardiac imaging
- Other blood tests, including inflammatory markers
- Coronary artery calcium CT (calcium scoring)
- Chest X-ray
- CT angiography
- EKG
- MRI
- Stress testing
- Heart and blood vessel ultrasound
Much of Your Heart Health is Within Your Control
Improving heart health can be a challenge, but we’re here to help you each step of the way. Regular exercise is one of the best ways to improve your heart health. Starting small and keeping exercise enjoyable is key to making it a permanent lifestyle change. Try taking a walk just down the street and then around the block. Make it fun and walk with a spouse, friend or neighbor, so time together is a benefit of your exercise plan. Challenge yourself by counting your steps, taking the stairs or simply parking farther away than usual when you’re out in your community.
Heart-healthy eating can also be challenging, but it may be easier than you think. Try increasing fruits and vegetables in flavorful new ways and even consider tracking your meals. Small changes, like implementing a meatless Monday, can greatly impact your heart health. Get inspired through our Living Better articles. Step-by-step and day-by-day – your heart will thank you!