Sunday, September 16, 2012

PADnet Helps Save Lives


Many people are not aware, but maybe the single greatest determinant of your health is the quality of your vasculature. There isn’t a single tissue in the human body that isn’t severely affected when the blood supply to it is compromised. Peripheral arterial disease is a manifestation of having chronically damaged blood vessels due to a variety of reasons such as diabetes, smoking, high cholesterol levels, over the age of 50, and the African American ethnicity. These are all etiologies that are extremely prevalent in our society. Research suggests that 12-14% of the general population in the United States is afflicted by vascular disease. What’s scary is that 70-80% of this group is asymptomatic, meaning an individual may appear to be healthy enough one day and the next lose their life by way of a heart attack. Peripheral arterial disease is an extremely life altering disease that is very underreported. Simply having a past history of smoking and/or high cholesterol predisposes an individual to peripheral arterial disease.

To truly know the quality of your vasculature more qualitative testing than simple blood panels and pressures needs to be performed. PADnet is a service offered by Dr. Michael Garvin that offers the kind of critical data that could save a patient's life. PADnet is a computerized system that only takes 15-20 minutes to be performed on a patient. It is minimally invasive and offers the patient no discomfort. PADnet is an amazing new technology that can be done in office. Avoid being part of the underreported statistic and have the health of your blood vessels assessed by a physician utilizing PADnet like Dr. Garvin; it could save your life.

To contact Dr. Garvin of Port Saint Lucie, Florida click here.


Sources cited: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/pad/treatment.html
       http://www.biomedix.com/products/padnet_plus.asp

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