Heart Attack PreventionHeart Disease Key Points ✓ Atherosclerosis Burden: Coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring to quantify plaque. ✓ Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH): When history or labs suggest FH, gene testing (e.g., LDLR, APOB, PCSK9) can confirm diagnosis and inform intensity of lipid-lowering therapy and cascade screening. ✓ CAC quantifies calcified plaque burden (event prediction). ✓ Evidence-Informed…
Heart Attack PreventionHeart Disease Detox for heart health is one of the most misunderstood topics in integrative medicine — misunderstood in both directions. On one side, the wellness industry promotes aggressive cleanses and unproven protocols that have no clinical basis. On the other, conventional medicine dismisses the concept entirely. The clinical reality sits between these…
Heart Attack PreventionHeart Disease Embracing a variety of safe, effective options in the diagnosis and treatment Searching for underlying causes of the disease Discovering not only what kind of disease a patient has but what kind of patient has a disease Illness affects a whole person, not just an isolated event Healing occurs easier when…
Coronary Artery DiseaseHeart Attack PreventionHeart DiseaseHigh Cholesterol & Lp(a) Statin side effects are one of the most common reasons patients seek out Dr. Regina Druz, MD, MBA, FACC, FMCP-M at Holistic Heart Centers — either because they’ve experienced them and want alternatives, or because they’re trying to understand whether their symptoms are statin-related before making…