Irish Heart Health

an ihh consultation is designed to give you a picture of where your cardiovascular health is now, and where it’s heading. we look at 3 main areas: firstly we use a non-invasive pulse wave technology to measure important parameters (not currently measured by gp or available from the hse). one of these is central blood pressure, this is the pressure against which your heart has to pump to get the blood to flow to the rest of the body, central bp also determines the pressure in the blood vessels feeding the brain. higher central bp means the heart has to work harder to do its job and this can lead to heart failure, stroke and aneurisms, and is associated with brain function decline. bringing this blood pressure down can significantly reduce your risk of a cardiovascular event. secondly what actual risk factors you have, and what potential risk factors you are in danger of developing. thirdly, as nutritional therapists we access how protective your diet and lifestyle is, as heart disease i