You don’t have to wait until you have a heart problem to take care of your heart. Preventive cardiology focuses on finding and managing your risk factors before they lead to heart disease, heart attack, stroke or other serious health problems.
At Banner Health, our preventive cardiology team can help you understand your personal risk and create a plan to protect your heart health over time.
Preventive cardiology is heart care that’s focused on lowering your risk for future heart problems. It’s designed for people who may not have heart disease or symptoms yet but have risk factors that need attention.
Preventive care may include:
You may benefit from preventive cardiology if you have risk factors for heart disease like:
You could still be at risk even if you feel healthy. Some heart disease risk factors don’t cause symptoms. Preventive cardiology can help identify risks early, when you may have more options to manage them.
Your risk for heart disease is based on many factors. Some can be changed and others cannot.
Risk factors you can’t change:
Risk factors you can manage:
When you meet with your provider, they will review your health history, family history, lifestyle, symptoms and test results. The goal is to understand your full risk picture and create a plan that fits your needs.
Your provider may review:
Depending on your risk, your provider may recommend:
A family history of heart disease can raise your risk, especially if a parent, sibling or close relative had heart disease at a younger age.
Preventive cardiology can help you understand what your family history may mean for you and whether you need earlier or more detailed screening or genetic counseling or testing.
Heart disease can affect women differently and some risk factors only affect women. Preventive cardiology can help evaluate risks that may not always show up in a standard heart risk review.
Risk factors for women include:
You may feel healthy, stay active or be busy with work and family but still have hidden heart risks. Preventive cardiology can help you understand your heart health before symptoms interrupt your daily life.
You may want to consider preventive cardiology if you:
Preventive cardiology is not a one-time visit for most people. Your care team may track your progress and adjust your plan as your health, goals and risk factors change.
That may include:
Preventive cardiology may help manage or lower risk related to:
Heart disease prevention often involves more than one type of care. At Banner Health, our teams connect prevention, diagnosis, treatment and long-term management so you have support at each step of your heart health journey.
Your preventive cardiology team may work with other Banner Health specialists to support your health. Your team may include:
You may want to see a preventive cardiologist if you have risk factors for heart disease or want a clearer understanding of your heart health.
You should also talk to a doctor if you have:
Call 911 or get emergency care right away if you have:
At Banner Health, we provide heart care focused on prevention, diagnosis, treatment and long-term management. Our preventive cardiology teams can help you understand your risk factors and take steps to protect your heart health.
Turn to us for:
Make an appointment with a Banner Health preventive cardiologist.
Preventive cardiology is heart care focused on lowering your risk for heart disease, heart attack, stroke and other heart-related problems. It may include testing, lifestyle support, medication and ongoing care.
You may still benefit from preventive cardiology if you have risk factors such as family history, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, obesity or smoking history. Some heart risks do not cause symptoms.
Cardiology treats many types of heart and blood vessel conditions. Preventive cardiology focuses on identifying and managing risk factors before they lead to serious heart problems or before existing heart disease gets worse.
Testing depends on your risk. Your provider may recommend blood tests, an EKG, echocardiogram, stress test, coronary calcium scan or other heart testing.
Yes. Preventive cardiology can help you understand your personal risk, decide whether you need earlier screening and create a plan to manage risk factors.
They are related but not exactly the same. Cardiometabolic care focuses on the link between heart health and metabolic conditions like diabetes, obesity and cholesterol problems. Preventive cardiology is broader and focuses on reducing overall heart disease risk.
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