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Preventative Care Plan

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Prevention is the most powerful tool in cardiovascular medicine. Dr. Kedan builds a written, individualized preventative care plan designed to keep cardiovascular disease from developing in the first place — or from progressing if early signs are present. The plan combines comprehensive risk screening, advanced biomarkers, and imaging-based risk stratification with specific lifestyle and (when needed) medication interventions. You leave with a concrete strategy for the next decade rather than generic advice.

What's Included

  • Comprehensive cardiovascular risk factor screening with validated calculators
  • Advanced lipid panel including ApoB, LDL-P, and Lp(a)
  • Inflammatory and metabolic biomarkers (hs-CRP, fasting insulin, HOMA-IR)
  • Baseline echocardiogram, EKG, and POCUS exam at every visit
  • Coronary calcium scoring or vascular imaging when indicated by risk profile
  • Specific lifestyle prescription — nutrition, exercise, sleep, stress targets
  • Written annual plan with measurable goals and follow-up cadence

How This Helps You

You replace vague reassurance with a defensible cardiovascular trajectory. Every intervention — whether lifestyle or medication — is tied to a target number and a follow-up interval, so progress is verifiable rather than aspirational. The earlier the plan begins, the more decades it has to compound, and many early findings (borderline lipids, prediabetes, early plaque) can be slowed or reversed when caught in this window.

Who This Is For

  • Adults with a family history of premature heart disease or stroke
  • Patients with borderline lipid, blood pressure, or glucose numbers
  • People with elevated Lp(a) or other inherited risk markers
  • Patients with prediabetes or early metabolic syndrome
  • High-performing adults who feel well but want a defensible long-term baseline
  • Anyone crossing into their 40s or 50s without a current cardiology baseline
  • Patients who want one physician genuinely accountable for their heart health year over year

What to Expect at Your Visit

The first visit runs 60+ minutes and covers a complete cardiovascular history, focused physical exam, in-office POCUS, EKG, and echocardiogram, plus lab and imaging orders tailored to your risk profile. A second visit integrates the results into a written plan you can act on. Most patients return for a full annual review, with selected interim check-ins for blood pressure, labs, or medication titration.

Why Cardiolucent

Standard primary-care prevention is broad and brief; cardiology-led prevention adds depth, time, and continuity. Dr. Kedan personally handles every visit — never delegated to a mid-level — so the same physician sees your trends year over year and can recognize subtle changes long before they become clinical events. When findings warrant intervention beyond the office, the Cedars-Sinai affiliation provides a direct pathway without you having to navigate referrals.

Common Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a preventative cardiology care plan?
It's a written, individualized strategy to keep cardiovascular disease from developing in the first place — or from progressing if early signs are present. Dr. Kedan combines comprehensive risk screening, advanced biomarkers, imaging-based risk stratification, and lifestyle and medication interventions into a single coherent plan. The emphasis is on acting on risk early, while interventions are most effective.
Who is preventative care most valuable for?
It benefits virtually any adult, but the highest-leverage candidates are people with family history of early heart disease, borderline lipid or blood pressure numbers, prediabetes, elevated Lp(a), or simply the desire to make their next 20 years as low-risk as possible. The earlier the plan starts, the more decades it has to compound. Schedule a consultation with Dr. Kedan to set your baseline.
What screening tests are included?
Standard screening includes blood pressure, an advanced lipid panel with ApoB and Lp(a), fasting glucose and insulin, hs-CRP, kidney function, and a baseline echocardiogram and EKG. Coronary calcium scoring is often added in patients over 40 to refine risk. Additional studies — vascular imaging, stress testing, extended rhythm monitoring — are added based on findings.
How is lifestyle change actually built into the plan?
Lifestyle recommendations are specific, not generic — defined nutrition structure, target exercise volume and type including resistance training, sleep targets, and stress and alcohol guidance. Each element ties to a measurable outcome (e.g., a target ApoB, blood pressure, or visceral fat reduction). Plans are revised over time based on what's actually working in your real life.
When does prevention require medication?
Medication is added when risk reaches a level where lifestyle alone won't reduce it adequately — that often means elevated ApoB or Lp(a), strong family history, high coronary calcium scores, or established metabolic syndrome. The threshold is decided together based on the actual numbers, not a generic age cutoff. When medication is justified, the plan also defines what success looks like and when to reassess.
How often should the plan be reviewed?
Most patients have a full annual review with selected interim check-ins for labs, blood pressure, or medication titration. After any meaningful change — new diagnosis, weight change, new symptom — the plan is updated. Continuity matters: the same physician sees the same trends year over year.
Can a preventative plan reverse early disease?
In many cases, yes — early plaque, prediabetes, hypertension, and lipid abnormalities respond meaningfully to combined lifestyle and pharmacologic treatment. Established calcified plaque doesn't disappear, but its progression can be slowed dramatically and event risk reduced. The earlier intervention starts, the more reversal is biologically possible.
How is this different from just seeing my primary care doctor?
Primary care provides general preventive screening; cardiology-led prevention adds depth — advanced lipids, imaging, risk modeling, and management of borderline findings that primary care often watches rather than treats. The two are complementary. Most patients keep their PCP and add cardiology for the heart-specific layer.
Is preventative cardiology care covered by insurance?
Cardiolucent does not accept Medicare or insurance and bills patients directly. Many labs and imaging studies are still billed through your standard insurance when ordered with appropriate clinical justification. We provide a detailed superbill for out-of-network reimbursement of the visit — call (310) 304-5555 with specific questions.

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