Health Goals

Cardiac risk builds quietly before it speaks.

Heart and Metabolic Health

High cholesterol, rising blood pressure, or a family history that makes you want to know where you actually stand.

Heart and Metabolic Health at iLIV Clinic Damansara Perdana
Quick Answer

A basic lipid panel does not tell the whole story. Particle count and inflammation give a sharper picture of risk.

Who should check heart health earlier

Start with the self check
  • Age forty and over with one or more risk factors
  • Family history of heart attack before fifty-five
  • High cholesterol, high blood pressure or diabetes
  • Current or former smokers
  • Waist over 90 cm for men, or 80 cm for women
Self Check

Heart Risk Factor Check

This check counts risk factors rather than symptoms. Tick what is true of you. If you have never had something checked, that is an answer in itself.

Part one. Signs you recognise

Is any of this happening to you now?

The items below are not counted in the score. They are listed because they need assessing sooner than a routine appointment.

Part two. Your background

Have you had a blood test in the past twelve months?

Are you taking prescription medication at the moment?

How long have you noticed these signs?

What have you already tried?

Part three. When you want to start

How ready are you to start?

There is no wrong answer.

Which branch is easier for you?

0 / 0 signs selected

This check is not a diagnosis. It organises the signs you report yourself so the conversation can start from a sharper place.

The mechanism

Why a normal LDL does not mean low risk

The LDL on your lab report counts the cholesterol inside LDL particles rather than the particles themselves. So two people with identical LDL can carry very different particle counts. The one carrying more small dense particles faces higher risk, because every particle is another chance to enter the artery wall. ApoB counts those particles directly. Lp(a), meanwhile, is genetic and worth measuring once in a lifetime, since knowing it changes how hard we push everything else.

What we measure for heart health

We start with an advanced lipid panel covering ApoB, Lp(a) and the omega-3 index. Then we add a metabolic assessment, because insulin resistance changes LDL particle size. If you want a blood flow check without radiation, MCG cardiac screening takes under ten minutes and needs no treadmill. The Bahasa Melayu pathway covers the same detail.

Not every test here is ordered for everyone. The consultation decides which ones are relevant.

Two cheap measurements that matter most

Take your blood pressure properly, after sitting quietly for five minutes, and repeat it twice. That single habit carries as much information as many blood tests. Waist circumference, meanwhile, flags visceral fat, which links straight to metabolic risk. Both cost nothing, and you can track them at home.

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Consultation first
About 45 minutes. Full history, current medication, what you have already tried. No testing is ordered at this stage.
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Only the tests that change something
We order what will change a treatment decision. A test that does not change the plan only adds cost.
03
Protocol written from findings
The plan follows what the results show, not a package chosen in advance. Every item has a stated reason.
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Review at four to six weeks
Measurements are repeated so progress is visible. The protocol is adjusted from what the numbers show.

Who you will see

  • Two locations in the Klang Valley
  • Doctors registered with the MMC
  • Testing ordered after consultation

Frequently Asked

At what age should heart screening start?

Forty and over if risk factors are present, or earlier with a family history of early heart disease.

What is the difference between ApoB and LDL?

LDL measures cholesterol inside particles. ApoB counts the particles, which is a more consistent risk marker.

Does MCG screening use radiation?

No radiation, no contrast agent, and no treadmill test.

Still have questions?
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