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SCVC specialises in cardiac and metabolic conditions, so is well placed to offer screening tests such as exercise treadmill ECG testing alongside sophisticated imaging tests.
All our healthscreen packages uniquely include a report and conclusion by one our cardiologists, who will review all of the information collected following the healthscreen.
A stress ECG is Included in our Proactive Elite and is also available as an optional add on to our Proactive Standard Healthscreen.
With global epidemic of diabetes already at an all time high and rising every year, your metabolic health is a key component of wellness and healthspan, yet glucose dysregulation and insulin resistance start at a young age. Whereas the standard blood test for HbA1C is used to assess average glucose over 3 months, it doesn’t detect non diabetic hyperglycaemia caused by carbohydrate sensitivity, that can be picked up many years before a diabetes diagnosis using our metabolic health assessment.
A Metabolic Health assessment featuring Continuous Glucose monitoring (CGM) is included in Proactive Ultra and is available as an option add on to Proactive standard and Elite packages. For more information see MHA pages
Visceral or ‘hidden’ adipose tissue (VAT), unlike subcutaneous fat, causes metabolic disarray. When present in unhealthy amounts, visceral fat is strongly associated with diabetes, insulin resistance , heart disease and many cancers. Interventions such as GLP-1 mimetics, and bariatric surgery targeted at reducing VAT have measurable clinical benefits. VAT can be measured using low dose CT scan at lumbar spine level, where modern x-ray techniques can minimize the radiation dose. The VAT scan is available as an option add on to all our proactive healthscreen packages.
Nutrigenetics is the study of how an individual’s genetic makeup influences their response to nutrients and dietary components. It explores how variations in genes affect how the body absorbs, metabolizes, and utilizes nutrients, potentially impacting health and disease susceptibility. Essentially, it examines how your DNA affects how your body reacts to what you eat. With our major interest in diet and lifestyle it is logical that we offer DNA testing from nutrigenomix.com as part of our metabolic toolkit.
Our Nutrigenetics 70 gene DNA test (see example report) available as an optional add on to our proactive healthscreen, and may be one of the recommendations made following your assessment .
Latest research has shown that measuring the level of Fat Attenuation Index (FAI) is important and powerful determinant of future cardiovascular risk.
It is being increasingly recognised that heart attacks usually occur as a result of inflammation of the coronary arteries, this inflammation is measured using the CaRi-Heart analysis of a CT coronary angiogram.
CT FAI is included in our Proactive Ultra package. It is available as optional add on in Proactive Standard and Elite packages
All our Proactive Healthscreens for men include standard PSA blood test, however unlike most other Healthscreen services, we offer men the option to add on a non contrast multiparametric MRI scan.
This improves sensitivity of the clinical examination with PSA test by providing a detailed examination of the prostate, including volume and any morphological changes that may indicate risk of cancer. A prostagram also helps clinicians manage a raised PSA, helping our patients to avoid potentially false positive PSA results.
An MRI prostagram is available as an add-on test to any of our packages.
DEXA scans are the well known gold standard for assessing your bone health, however can also be used to assess your skeletal and adipose tissue.
DEXA body composition scan and low dose CT VAT scans are available as an optional (discounted) add ons, and may be one of the recommendations made following your assessment .