Screenings

In life, being proactive is better than being reactive. Thats true for your health too. Early detection, prevention and screening are your keys to good health.

St. Francis is offering a Good Health Screening on:

• Saturday, June 26
• ST. FRANCIS millennium
  2 Innovation Drive, Greenville

Appointments are REQUIRED for the screening. Call 864-255-1396 to register.

 

The Good Health Screening includes:

• Comprehensive Risk Assessment
• Blood Cholesterol Check
• HDL
• Triglycerides
• Glucose Test
• Blood Pressure Check
• Carotid Artery Ultrasound to Screen for Stroke
• Abdominal Aortic Ultrasound
• Ankle-Brachial Index to Screen for Peripheral Artery Disease
• EKG
• Cardiac Calcium Score (if ordered by your physician)

Physicians will be on site to review your results and make recommendations for next steps to achieve good health.

This valuable screening is being offered at a cost of only $99. If your screening includes a cardiac calcium score, the cost will be $150.  Remember, appointments are REQUIRED. Call 864-255-1396 to register.

 

Why a Good Health Screening?

If you have a family history of heart and vascular disease, you smoke, are overweight, and/or have a sedentary lifestyle, you could be at risk for heart and vascular disease.

Many heart and vascular diseases develop gradually over time and have no noticeable symptoms. A comprehensive screening like this provides early detection for these conditions, and chronic diseases like diabetes. By knowing that you have the beginning stages of heart or vascular disease, you can take steps to improve your health.

In addition, this screening can be an established baseline for your personal health so you can see how your health changes over time.

 

Why Do I Need a:

Health Risk Assessment: By taking this online assessment, you and your doctor will be able to identify areas that can cause you to be at risk for cardiovascular disease. This could be family history, lifestyle choices like smoking, poor diet, lack of exercise, or even your age and gender. 

Cholesterol and Glucose Test: A cholesterol test measures the amount of cholesterol and triglycerides found in your blood. This test can help determine your risk of plaque buildup in your arteries, which is a significant risk factor of heart disease. Often there are no signs or symptoms of high cholesterol, so having a cholesterol test is important.

A glucose test measures the amount of sugar in the blood. High glucose levels left untreated can lead to diabetes, eye disease, kidney disease, nerve disease, and cardiovascular disease.

Blood Pressure Check:  When your heart pumps blood, the force in which it flows through your blood vessels is your blood pressure. If you have high blood pressure, it makes your heart work harder than normal to push blood through your blood vessels. A heart forced to work harder for a long time tends to enlarge and weaken, which can lead to heart failure.

Carotid Artery Ultrasound: The carotid arteries are the main arteries in the neck. An ultrasound of the carotid arteries is performed to detect narrowing of the arteries, a condition that substantially increases the risk of stroke.

Abdominal Aortic Ultrasound: When the walls of the abdominal aorta become weak, they may balloon outward. If the aorta reaches a certain size, it can result in an abdominal aortic aneurysm. As the aneurysm gets larger, the risk of rupture increases. An ultrasound can measure the size of the aorta, detecting the risk of potential rupture.

Ankle-Brachial Index: This test assesses your risk of Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD), a condition in which the arteries in your legs and ankles are narrowed. People with peripheral artery disease are at a higher risk of heart attack, stroke and poor circulation.

EKG: An EKG is used to monitor the electrical impulses of your heart. Special cells in your heart trigger an electrical impulse that causes a heart beat. An EKG records these signals as they travel through your heart to look for patterns and rhythms to detect irregularities in your heart rhythm or problems with the supply of blood and oxygen to your heart.

Cardiac Calcium Score: Cardiac calcium score scans look for calcium and blockages in the coronary arteries, which may indicate if you have a higher risk of having a heart attack or other problems before you have any obvious symptoms of heart disease.

 

How Are the Tests Performed?

Click the links to learn more about how these tests are performed:

• Carotid Artery Ultrasound to Screen for Stroke
• Abdominal Aortic Ultrasound
• Ankle-Brachial Index to Screen for Peripheral Artery Disease
• EKG
• Cardiac Calcium Score