Baseline Medical

10-Minute Test Reveals Your Risk for Heart Attack and Stroke Bethlehem

There is an important screening test based on non-invasive vascular ultrasound technology developed since the early 1980's. Baseline Medical was founded in 2007 based on a need to bring this technology on the "front side of the ambulance" before disaster occurs. A carotid artery duplex scan is utilized in an abbreviated screening format that offers advance warnings for potential health issues - much like what people get for cancer screenings.

These screenings involve - no radiation - no prep - no disrobing - no injections - no pain.

This FDA approved instrumentation is formatted into a ten minute painless test and is also used in physician offices. It provides immediate data that can help prevent a heart attack or stroke because it is available pro-actively, before symptoms occur. These sophisticated images can be accessed anywhere now because the portable state-of-the-art platforms can go to the subjects rather than the subject going to the vascular ultrasound laboratory room. Employer sponsored health fairs are ideal formats to feature this accurate diagnostic capability for a wellness activity.

When vascular ultrasound is used on the neck by Baseline Medical for screenings there is no guesswork because results can be substantiated with other non-invasive correlation studies. When performed by qualified physicians or vascular physiologists registered in this technology there is no harm to the individual being screened. And no one enters the OR for "unnecessary" surgery purely from screening results anyway. Water based gel and sound waves are harmless.

For Heart Disease - We can see precisely how thick the carotid artery walls are (specifically the intima and media layers) known as the IMT. This serves as a unique systemic biomarker for your own risk for developing heart disease. Stated in a different way this measurement reveals if your arteries are 'aging' faster than you are: chronological age vs. vascular age.

For Stroke risk - When this technology is applied for assessing stroke risk, the plaque that is visualized is determined to be hemodynamically significant if it alters the velocity of blood flow into recognized levels established for known disease states. Much like how a thumb can change the way the water flows from a garden hose is how plaque influences the blood flow and these changes are very quickly identified on Baseline Medical screenings.

These screenings offer a perfect opportunity for anyone but especially for those individuals who have been adopted. Even without a known family history we are able to form valuable "baseline"information about their unknown gene pool. This becomes a very accurate piece of clinical data to frame a medical diagnosis and to create a meaningful portfolio with acceptable documented history for themselves and their children. An often touted 12 point questionnaire is useless here.

Because we can learn this detail for those who are adopted is why we need to make these screenings available to EVERYONE at least once in a lifetime to understand their singular risk.

#1 reason we die - Heart Disease - #1 reason we are disabled - Stroke

Contact Baseline Medical today to Schedule Your Carotid Screening