A (3) Minute Cardiovascular Assessment at RMC
How is Hormone Imbalance associated with Heart Disease?
Hormones are powerful chemical messengers that play a role in virtually all major bodily systems and functions including your cardiovascular system.
A (3) minute cardiovascular assessment will provide valuable information to determine your risk for cardiovascular related disease.
Regenerative Medicine Center is offering our patients a Cardiovascular Assessment test, which measures the degree of fluctuation in the length of intervals between heart beats. For healthy people, Heart Rate Variability (HRV) shows a fluctuation in heart rate while unhealthy people have a simple and consistent heart rate.
HRV measures the adaptability of the cardiovascular system and autonomic nervous system (SNS) and parasympathetic nervous system (PNS). Your SNS plays the role of the accelerator, also known as flight or fight. Your PNS functions as the brake, also know as rest and repair. A healthy person has a balanced autonomic nervous system.
Hormone Imbalances:
Insulin Resistance– cells don’t “open” normally and in response, the pancreas creates too much insulin. When too much glucose remain in the bloodstream, you can develop type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular problems, including unhealthy cholesterol levels, high blood pressure and heart disease.
Sex Hormones- In women the connections between these hormones and heart health is the protective role that estrogen plays within the cardiovascular system, working to keep blood vessels flexible to support efficient blood circulation. In men low testosterone levels have been shown to increase risk of coronary artery disease and have been associated with increased risk of developing other major cardiovascular risk factors including diabetes, metabolic syndrome, obesity and hypertension.
Stress Hormones. Chronic stress can lead to chronically high levels of stress hormones including cortisol and adrenalin within the body. If you have elevated levels of these hormones over a prolonged period of time it can disrupt the function of vital organs and processes. This has been linked to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease.
Cardiometabolic Risk Factors:
High Blood Pressure (Hypertension) is a main cause of heart and blood vessel disease.
Unhealthy Cholesterol (Hyperlipidemia) occurs when low density lipoprotein or bad cholesterol is too high and/or high density lipoprotein or good cholesterol is too low. Either or both of these changes may lead to plaque accumulation on the inner walls of the arteries.
High Triglycerides (Hypertriglyceridemia) in combination with unhealthy cholesterol may add to plaque formation on the walls of arteries.
Metabolic Syndrome is a cluster of risk factors (high blood pressure, high blood triglycerides, low HDL, increased abdominal fat) that increase the chances of developing heart disease, stroke and diabetes.
Thyroid Hormones imbalances in thyroid hormones T3 and T4 can increase your risk of heart disease. Your thyroid gland makes and releases these hormones into the bloodstream to aid in regulating your metabolism.
A condition called hypothyroidism can occur when you have low levels of these hormones within the bloodstream. This can lead to elevated cholesterol levels with an increased risk of arteriosclerosis and hypertension.
Pellet Therapy Hormone Optimization
Pellet therapy contains a natural plant source of estrogen and testosterone that have the same chemical structure as the hormones created naturally in the body. Unlike typical oral and transdermal forms of therapy- which produce “roller coaster” hormone levels, resulting in mood and energy fluctuations for the patient- BioTE Medical Hormone Pellet Therapy is the only method of hormone therapy that provides sustained hormone levels throughout the day for up to three to five months without the “roller coaster” effect.
Precision is Key
Proper hormone levels are determined by the BioTE comprehensive bloodworm analysis. Unique dosing is generated for each individual patient, so dosing is customized for what you body needs. Pellets deliver pure, bio-identical hormones directly into the bloodstream 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for up to 5 months. Pills, patches, creams and shots cannot provide a steady delivery of hormones 24/7. Pellets provide a constant supply of hormones that your body recognizes as its own, which will significantly reduce the chance of adverse side effects.
Call our office to schedule your consultation with Regenerative Medicine Center Founder Valerie Donaldson, MD today! (412) 767-9890