Cardiology

Cardiovascular disease encompasses a spectrum of conditions and illnesses including high blood pressure, high cholesterol, metabolic syndrome, coronary artery disease, heart attack, heart failure, and stroke.  It is estimated that 79 million (one out of every three) Americans alone have one or more types of cardiovascular disease.  Early identification and management of patients with risk factors including diabetes, hypertension, coronary artery disease and metabolic syndrome can lead to improved quality of life, lower rates of mortality and reduced costs to the healthcare system.  Measurement of markers circulating in blood can play an important role in identifying and supporting patient care.  The Inverness cardiovascular portfolio includes diagnostic tests measuring these markers which can be performed in a variety of point-of-care settings including the hospital emergency setting or bedside, physician office, or patient home.  These tools span the continuum of cardiovascular disease from risk assessment to acute diagnosis to ongoing disease monitoring. 

• In the area of risk assessment, Inverness offers a comprehensive lipid profile panel with tests for HDL and LDL cholesterol, triglycerides, glucose, ALT and AST (for liver enzyme monitoring), and high sensitivity c-reactive protein. 

• Inverness also provides solutions for diagnosis and assessment of heart failure, diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction, assessment and evaluation of patients suspected of having disseminated intravascular coagulation or thromboembolic events including pulmonary embolism (PE) and DVT, and provides a test for quantitative determination of NGAL.

In addition, Inverness Medical is also active in the field of PT/INR Monitoring with a portable system that allow healthcare professionals and patients to manage their anticoagulant therapy more efficiently and effectively.

With heart disease and its management being a leading cause of death and financial burden respectively, Inverness Medical is focused in bringing testing closer to both the physician and the patient. This will give healthcare providers better information, allowing them to intervene earlier in the disease continuum and provide better, more cost effective disease management.  

Products available:

Cholestech LDX^® System

INRatio^® Monitor

INRatio^®2 Monitor
Triage^® BNP Test

Triage^® Cardiac Panel

Triage^® Cardio ProfilER^® Panel

Triage^® Profiler SOB Panel

Triage^® D-Dimer Test

Triage^® NGAL Test - NEW (currently not available in the United States)

Clearview^® Simplify D-dimer
Clearview^® Troponin I