Heart Attack & Stroke Prevention

We establish optimal goals for every patient to prevent the risk of these devastating diseases. Heart disease continues to be one of the leading causes of death in the United States year after year. We are very serious in our efforts to prevent our patients from experiencing what we believe to be preventable diseases.

Our Approach to Preventing Heart Attacks & Strokes

Our providers have adopted the practice of establishing individualized goals for each of our patients. This practice is contrary to the traditional practice of setting standard goals for all patients. Based upon results experienced through this approach, we believe that individualized care will have a dramatic effect on lowering or eliminating the risk of acute coronary death or stroke. Our pursuit of finding the root cause of the disease process and treating any inflammation, both on the surface and under the surface of the arterial wall, will significantly reduce strokes and heart attacks.

In our Chandler office we utilize Carotid Intima-media Thickness (IMT) Ultrasound to interpret the health of the carotid arteries. Our technicians and providers determine if there is thickness or plaque in the arterial wall as well as what type of plaque it is—either hard, calcified or soft plaque. Providers use the carotid ultrasound as a preventative screening tool as well as a management tool. We have discovered heart disease in patients as young as their early twenties and with early, aggressive treatment, we can reverse the disease.

Preventative Testing & Treatments

In addition, we do various blood tests to evaluate genetics, cholesterol, vitamin D and other inflammatory markers that are predictors of heart disease. Below are the outside genetic and genomic labs we use to gain an overall picture of our patient’s cardiovascular health.

With early diagnosis and aggressive management, the damage may be reversed, thereby eradicating a possible heart attack or stroke.

Our Adopted Methodology for Prevention & Treatment

Bale & Doneen Method at Warner Family Practice

We also utilize the Bale/Doneen Method which is founded on nine elements that necessitate a paradigm shift in cardiovascular disease prevention

You can learn more about the Bale/Doneen Method on their website.

Here is a list of the nine elements which we adhere to at Warner Family Practice:

Education: Delivering patient education regarding the realities of arterial disease sets the foundation for effective prevention. It is essential to have a basic understanding of what happens at the time of a heart attack or stroke. We refer to heart attacks and strokes as ‘events.’

Disease: Finding out who actually has disease (cholesterol build up) in their arteries is very important. This is a prerequisite for an event. Treatment decisions should be based on this information and the disease should be monitored over time.

Fire: Events are triggered when the disease becomes inflamed (fire). Determining and monitoring the inflammation is extremely critical.

Roots: Identifying the root cause of arterial disease is an essential step. Without this knowledge the disease smolders until there frequently is another event. Using techniques perfected through the Bale/Doneen Method, we can determine the root causes and halt the disease.

Optimal: Setting optimal goals for modifying risk factors, rather than goals set by the standard of care, is necessary. The standard of care has legal implications and is adequate to prevent a law suit, but may not be good enough to prevent an ‘event.’ It is somewhat akin to getting a ‘C’ versus an ‘A’ in school. In the business of preventing heart attacks and strokes, we need to strive for As.

Genes: Rendering care that is individualized (as opposed to treating people as the average) produces superior results. You cannot get any more personal than your genetic make-up. The Bale/Doneen Method has utilized genetic testing for over a decade. Genetics is the future of medicine and our method stays on the cutting edge of this rapidly evolving field of medicine.

Individual Management: The above six elements are combined to design a very personalized treatment program. Each patient is regarded as a unique, precious individual requiring therapies designed specifically for them.

Individual Management: The risk factors targeted for management in each patient are monitored. Adjustments are made to strive for optimal control of every treated issue.

Risk Factor Response: Annual arterial structural testing is performed to insure the therapies are having a positive effect on the atherosclerotic disease process. This, after all, is an extremely important goal to insure our ultimate purpose which is to prevent heart attacks and strokes

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