What are the best heart screening tests to have?
The most appropriate heart tests depend on your symptoms and risk factors. In this video, Dr Ravi Assomull explains why simple tests often provide the most valuable information.
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Transcript
The best screening tests to have really depend on your personal circumstances, what you're hoping to understand about your heart health. But in general, we try and keep things really simple. We start by simply taking a history, examining you and arranging blood tests and an ECG tracing as a typical baseline.
Often a combination of these relatively simple assessments gives us a clear understanding of your heart health and your future risk of cardiovascular disease.
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