HEALTH PROGRAMS
Heart Health Program
Achieve Optimal Heart Health
Looking to proactively manage your cardiovascular health? You’re in the right place! Our Heart Health Program was developed utilizing advanced testing from Boston Heart Diagnostics. Our goal is to offer you an understanding of your personal and genetic risk factors. The outcome? To provide you with tailored, preventative solutions.
If you…
Have a family history of heart disease
Are showing early signs of high cholesterol or diabetes
Want to stay ahead of potential cardiovascular risks
Have specific concerns about cholesterol, genetics, inflammation, or insulin resistance
Our Heart Health Program is for you
Why Choose the
Heart Health Program
Personalized Health Assessments: Detailed evaluations to understand your unique cardiovascular profile, including particle density, ApoB, and genetic factors like Lp(a).
Advanced Diagnostic Testing: State-of-the-art analysis from Boston Heart Diagnostics, including inflammatory markers, cholesterol balance and detailed insulin resistance investigations.
Genetic Risk: Understand personalized prevention as it applies to YOUR family tree. Add our genetic evaluations with ApoE and MTHFR testing or our expanded Polygenic genetic risk map.
Advanced Prevention: Supplement, medication and lifestyle recommendations with each program specific to your results.
Our Heart Health Program was developed to give you a clear understanding of your unique cardiovascular profile. Here is what you can expect:
How It Works
At DOPC, we are on the cutting edge of traditional, caring and fundamental primary care combined with the best of holistic health.
Choose what level fits you best:
Cardiovascular Risk Assessment Level 1:
Advanced Lipid Testing with Boston Heart*
Cardiovascular Risk Assessment Level 2:
Level 1 + calcium score plaque evaluation
Optional Add Ons:
Comprehensive polygenic risk map specific to your family tree
Optional Add-Ons:
Genetic Add-Ons: ApoE, MTHFR
What Does Success Look Like
Success is having peace of mind knowing you are proactively managing your heart health with the most advanced and personalized approach available. It also looks like...
Personalized plan to carry you forward
Insights on how to to mitigate your risk factors for heart disease, improve energy levels, and enhance your quality of life.
Improvements in key heart health indicators such as cholesterol levels, inflammatory markers, and insulin resistance
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Current Patient
“At the suggestion of Dr. Brie, I recently took the Boston Heart Test, and I'm really glad I did. We had previously seen my cholesterol moving up quite significantly, which was concerning, my mother also had high cholesterol. We decided to do a deeper dive to better understand these numbers. So, I took the Boston Heart test.
While some of the medical terminology was a bit over my head, Dr. Brie thoroughly reviewed everything with me. I learned that certain aspects of my cholesterol are inherited and fixed, meaning no matter how healthy I eat—if I lived on just carrots and water—those particular numbers wouldn’t change. However, other numbers could be improved with better diet and exercise. Dr. Bree also recommended that I start on a statin, because of the numbers that lifestyle changes alone wouldn't improve.
During our 30-45 minute discussion, Dr. Brie also went over additional information included in the test. There are these good sweepers (again, the medical language is rather complex) - which I have a healthy number of. Yeah sweepers! I thought before our meeting that it would be a rather grim meeting, filled with difficult news. But, it was a wide view and there are ways in which my body is functioning well - some not so well.
But we have medications and I have had no side effects from the meds. She also suggested some supplements, targeted at the heart issue. We also included a genetic test that would reveal if I had a predisposition to Alzheimer’s. She went into these genes, and what means what. Dr Brie provided a follow up summary of the meeting in the portal.
I’m so grateful for Dr. Brie's thorough, informative, super deep-dive approach. She always takes the time to explain everything in detail, and I appreciate her so much!” -
Current Patient
"At the suggestion of Dr. Brie, I recently took the Boston Heart Test, and I'm really glad I did. We had previously seen my cholesterol moving up quite significantly, which was concerning, my mother also had high cholesterol. We decided to do a deeper dive to better understand these numbers...I’m so grateful for Dr. Brie's thorough, informative, super deep-dive approach. She always takes the time to explain everything in detail, and I appreciate her so much!"
FAQs
Here are some common questions we get regarding our Heart Health Program
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No this is a program designed for a one time blood test and lab review visit if you choose level 1. If you choose to add Calcium Score CT scan at the local hospital you will bring these results with you to the lab review visit to have all results reviewed at the same time.
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Yes. Members of DOPC receive a discount and a minimum of 6-month membership is required. Non-Members can do the program by paying an additional fee which includes an initial consultation prior to the lab draw to review your personal and family health history.
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No. However if your family history is a concern or if you want to add on additional testing we can evaluate your genetic risks with the polygenic risk map or by adding on ApoE and MTHFR evaluations.
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This is a genetic test utilizing a European database of genetic links to specific diseases for a much more precise evaluation for developing important health conditions. Profile includes risk analysis for these conditions: Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) Stroke • Atrial Fibrillation • Type 2 Diabetes • Hypertension • Lipoprotein (a) • Alzheimer`s Disease • Prostate Breast Brain, Pancreatic and Kidney Cancer and Melanoma risk • Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) - Ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease risk. • Early Menopause - Risk of menopause before age 45. • Osteoporosis • Psoriasis • Celiac Disease
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ApoE genetic variants influence your heart health and brain health! For example, ApoE2 is protective against Alzhiemer's but puts people at risk for high cholesterol. ApoE4 genetic variants actually put you at increased risk for Alzheimer's and heart disease. Additionally, some MTHFR genetic variants put you at risk for blood clot, miscarriage, stroke and heart attack. We want you to know the most about YOU so we offer these genetic tests to understand your personal health influences.
Ready for Direct Primary Care Built Around You?
Like our care, it all starts with a conversation. Schedule a meet & greet phone call with our care team to get your questions answered. See if membership is right for you and your family.