Extensive Cardiac Function

Three things a lipid profile leaves out: Apo B, which counts the artery-damaging particles rather than the cholesterol inside them; lipoprotein(a), an inherited particle that runs high in a sizeable minority of people; and high-sensitivity CRP, which measures low-grade vascular inflammation.

Every atherogenic particle (LDL and VLDL alike) carries exactly one Apo B molecule, so Apo B counts particles while LDL cholesterol weighs their contents. Small, cholesterol-poor particles give a reassuring LDL alongside a high particle count, and the particle count tracks more closely with artery disease.

Your level is set mainly by genetics and changes little across adult life, so a single measurement usually settles the question. If it is high, it does not respond much to diet or standard statin treatment, and your doctor manages the rest of your risk factors more assertively instead.

Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory process as much as a lipid one, and hs-CRP detects the quiet, persistent inflammation associated with heart attack and stroke risk. It is measured when you are well: an infection, injury or flare in the days before the draw will lift it for reasons that are not cardiac.

Because they change the interpretation. Fasting glucose and HbA1c flag diabetes and prediabetes, both of which raise cardiovascular risk; estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), creatinine and protein in the urine flag kidney strain, which does the same and often accompanies high blood pressure.

This panel goes deeper on the heart alone: Apo B, Apo A1 and lipoprotein(a) appear here and not in the Master Health Checkup. Master is broader instead, adding thyroid, reproductive hormones, iron studies, homocysteine, fasting insulin and stool microscopy. Depth here, breadth there.

Choose it when the standard numbers have already been measured and the question is still open: a strong family history, an early event in a close relative, or treatment that has not moved your risk as expected. For a first look at cholesterol alone, the lipid profile is the proportionate step.

Fast for 8–12 hours overnight, with plain water only. Keep taking prescribed medication, including statins and antihypertensives, unless the doctor who prescribed them has told you to pause: the panel is far more useful measured on your current treatment than off it.

A blood draw and a urine sample, both taken in a single appointment at your home or office anywhere in Dubai, 7 days a week, by a DHA-licensed phlebotomist at no extra cost. A lab visit is available if you would rather come to us.

Same price, opposite shapes, and the same 48-hour wait. This panel spends the money on depth at the artery: Apo B, Apo A1 and lipoprotein(a). The Elite Health Checkup spends it on breadth: thyroid, reproductive hormones, iron studies and stool microscopy. Buy depth if the heart is the question.