Boston Heart - Basic Lab Panel
The Boston Heart Basic Lab Panel is a blood test that provides essential information about your overall health. It's like a general checkup for your body!
This panel includes tests that measure:
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- Lipid Profile: Evaluating lipids, lipid ratios, and additional risk biomarkers like ApoB and ApoA-1 which are predictive of cardiovascular disease risk.
- Comprehensive Metabolic Panel (CMP): The balance of essential minerals, electrolytes, protein, and enzymes in your blood to provide information for liver and kidney health.
- Metabolic health: Evaluates blood sugar control, insulin resistance, and pancreatic beta cell function using advanced biomarkers beyond traditional insulin resistance markers. This comprehensive approach identifies diabetes risk earlier, tracks disease progression, and enables personalized treatment for optimal blood sugar management.
- Inflammation: Measuring the marker of chronic, low-grade inflammation linked to various health issues.
- Thyroid function: Comprehensive investigation into active thyroid hormones and antibodies.
- Iron dynamics with Ferritin: Iron tests that include ferritin, which is a key indicator of your body’s iron storage and can help identify iron deficiency or overload.
- Complete Blood Count (CBC): Analyze rood blood cells (RBCs) for size and shape and white blood cells (WBCs) for immune function and signs of infection
By analyzing these markers, we can assess your overall health, identify any potential problems, and monitor the effectiveness of treatment plans. Think of it as a foundation for understanding your health. It’s often the starting point for more specific tests if needed.
Who needs to take the Boston Heart Basic Panel?
Most everyone can benefit from the Boston Heart Basic Lab Panel. It's a foundational test that provides a snapshot of your overall health.
- Good for everyone to get! Establishing a baseline health assessment for everyone, regardless of age or activity level. These are the ideal labs that should be getting ordered at your annual check up with your primary care provider, but often insurance limits access.
- Individuals with no known health issues: As a preventative measure to establish a baseline for future comparisons.
- People with chronic conditions: To monitor the effectiveness of treatment and detect any potential complications.
- Those experiencing general symptoms: Like fatigue, unexplained weight changes, or digestive problems.
