Baseline Medical

Carotid Artery Screenings Are Safe Bethlehem

Discussions and opinions people read about carotid artery screenings as being quite inappropriate and leading to harmful studies and unnecessary surgery is what is inappropriate. Carotid artery screenings simply identify (screen) individuals at risk for heart disease and stroke - nothing more - nothing less.

The next appropriate step is for the physician to order a correlation study with the same harmless vascular ultrasound to duplicate the findings or not. There is no added risk because this study is a more detailed version of the initial harmless non-invasive carotid artery screening.

Individuals will NOT move on from either a positive (shows disease) or negative (normal) Baseline Medical screening result and proceed into a risky medical situation at all.

What screenings will do however is prevent the individual to move on to an unnecessary and catastrophic medical event.

Simply stated -

Screenings are not risky - it is the heart attack or stroke that is risky.

Remember thatHeart disease is the #1 killer and Stroke is the #1 disabler of Americans today. We need to be screened for these diseases just as we are prompted to be checked for colon, prostate, breast or skin cancer. If we were to combine all other diseases along with all types of cancers they do not equal the number of deaths from just cardiovascular disease alone - which includes heart attacks and strokes.

In the meantime get screened by Baseline Medical and know your risk with your results that you get in a 10 minute screening session. Over 80% of all strokes occur with problems that can be seen with flow in the carotid arteries in the neck. During the same assessment we can determine your own risk for heart disease as well.

Easy - Painless - Accurate - Immediate - Non-invasive

Contact Baseline Medical Today To Schedule Your Screening
215-694-4429
Offices in Allentown & Quakertown