Preventive Cardiology Treatment Options
Depending on your specific needs, recommended treatments may include:
- Blood pressure management
- Cholesterol and triglyceride management – board certified lipidologists offer expertise in complex and severe cholesterol disorders and genetic testing when appropriate
- Diabetes management – for people with pre-diabetes, metabolic syndrome or type 2 diabetes
- Exercise counseling – starting a new exercise program doesn’t have to be scary or something you need to figure out on your own
- Nutrition services – nutrition experts with special knowledge of cholesterol issues, high blood pressure, diabetes and obesity can customize the right solution for you
- Smoking cessation – for patients needing a little extra help in quitting tobacco, we can provide brief behavioral counseling and prescription smoking cessation aids
- Genetic counseling
- Stress testing
- Coronary artery calcium score (CACS) testing – to detect early evidence of atherosclerosis
- Cholesterol dialysis - the only program in Oregon that performs this highly specialized intervention for patients with genetic hypercholesterolemia.