Cardiovascular Disease Prevention.
Personalized, physician-led cardiovascular disease prevention with direct access to your cardiology team. Proactive monitoring. Faster interventions. Better outcomes.
Understanding cardiovascular disease prevention.
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the number one cause of death in the United States, claiming approximately 928,000 lives annually — more than all cancers combined (AHA 2024 Statistical Update). Yet up to 80% of cardiovascular events are attributable to modifiable risk factors, making CVD one of the most preventable chronic diseases. The challenge lies in identifying at-risk individuals early, before atherosclerosis progresses silently to the point of plaque rupture, myocardial infarction, or sudden death. Traditional risk assessment relies on the Pooled Cohort Equations (PCE), which estimate 10-year ASCVD risk based on age, sex, race, blood pressure, cholesterol, smoking, and diabetes. While useful, these equations misclassify risk in many populations — overestimating risk in some and, more dangerously, underestimating it in others, particularly younger patients, women, and South Asian individuals. Risk-enhancing factors like coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring, Lp(a), family history, chronic inflammatory conditions, and metabolic syndrome can reclassify borderline patients into categories that warrant earlier, more aggressive intervention. Our concierge cardiovascular prevention program provides a comprehensive, multi-modal risk assessment that goes far beyond a standard physical exam, combining advanced biomarkers, cardiac imaging, genetic risk evaluation, and personalized lifestyle medicine to intercept heart disease before it begins.
Why concierge cardiology for this condition.
Cardiovascular prevention in a traditional 15-minute office visit often amounts to checking blood pressure and cholesterol, then prescribing a statin if the numbers are high enough. This reactive, check-box approach misses the opportunity for true prevention. Concierge cardiovascular prevention provides a 90-minute initial cardiovascular assessment integrating personal history, family history, advanced biomarkers, and imaging into a unified risk profile. Patients receive a coronary artery calcium scan for risk reclassification, carotid intima-media thickness measurement, advanced lipid and inflammatory marker testing, and genetic risk evaluation. From there, a personalized prevention plan addresses each modifiable risk factor with specific, evidence-based targets and ongoing monitoring. Quarterly follow-ups ensure that blood pressure, lipids, glucose, weight, and exercise goals are being met — not just discussed once and forgotten. For South Asian patients, who face 2-4x higher CVD risk than the general population per MASALA study data, this level of individualized, proactive prevention is especially critical.
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Prevent heart disease before it starts with a comprehensive concierge cardiovascular risk assessment.
Direct physician access, proactive monitoring, and personalized care plans. Concierge cardiology starting at $295/month.