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Cardiovascular diagnostics

Overview of laboratory services

The best way to prevent coronary heart disease is to identify and minimise the risk factors. This is fundamentally supported by the laboratory diagnostic analysis of parameters directly associated with these diseases. This allows the predictive value to be increased significantly. Among other things, the measurement of cholesterol and blood lipid levels is of great importance. Lipoproteins, and especially their LDL subclasses, play an important role in this regard.

Lipoprotein profile

Well-founded basic diagnostics usually include the determination of cholesterol, HDL, LDL and triglycerides. The traditional method used to evaluate cardiovascular risk involves the assessment of HDL cholesterol and LDL cholesterol.
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Metabolic risk

Body measurements, such as girth, height, weight and BMI (body mass index), as well as specific laboratory values, can help to detect metabolic syndrome. Various symptoms, such as high blood pressure, high blood sugar levels, excess abdominal fat and…
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Inflammation as a risk factor

The vascular walls are protected by an endothelium. Cardiovascular risk factors, such as hypertension, hyperglycaemia or oxidation processes can permanently damage this endothelium. These changes result in vasculitis, cholesterol deposits and the…
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