Our heart specialists can help you decide which heart screenings you should get and at what age you should start. To plan your screening schedule, we will take many factors into account, including your age, health and family history of heart disease.
Some general guidelines for heart screenings:
Cholesterol: Adults age 25 and older should get screened
Diabetes: Screenings should begin in your 20s
High blood pressure: Screenings should begin in your 20s
Our Center for Preventive Cardiology evaluates you not only for the presence of heart disease, but also for all cardiovascular diseases. We want to screen any area where you may possibly have a blockage, including the legs and kidneys. We look at the whole patient, not just the heart.
University of Maryland Heart and Vascular Center is among the first in the country to offer a genetic screening in combination with screening tests to try to identify individuals who may be at increased risk for early coronary disease. Learn more about cardiogenetic testing. In addition, our patients also have the opportunity to enroll in some of our new clinical trials.
After screening patients, our physicians and staff work on modifying your specific risk factors in order to prevent the onset or progression of cardiovascular disease. We make sure you get to your goal, using a combination of:
Lifestyle modifications
Medications
Exercise therapy
Diet modification
We offer both individual and group therapies to help with diet, food preparation, weight control and smoking cessation.
