Cardiology
Executive Cardiac Screening
A structured cardiac risk assessment in one day
Cardiac screening packages in China are more imaging-heavy than their Western equivalents: a typical executive cardiac check includes transthoracic echocardiography, carotid Doppler, treadmill or stress echocardiography and a broad lipid and inflammatory panel, often with coronary CT angiography as an add-on.
The value depends on your baseline risk. For a patient with hypertension, a strong family history or exertional symptoms, this is a genuinely useful one-day workup. For a healthy 30-year-old, a resting ECG, blood pressure and lipid panel are sufficient, and we will say so rather than sell a package.
If the screening raises a question, the same hospital can usually proceed to coronary CT or invasive angiography within the same admission — which is the main practical argument for doing it in a hospital rather than a standalone clinic.
What is included
- Resting 12-lead ECG and blood pressure assessment
- Transthoracic echocardiography
- Treadmill stress test or stress echocardiography
- Carotid ultrasound and full lipid, glucose and inflammatory panel
- Cardiologist consultation with written English report
Who this suits
- Men over 40 and women over 50 with cardiac risk factors
- Patients with exertional chest pain or breathlessness
- Pre-operative cardiac clearance before elective surgery
Time required
5–7 hours
Recovery
None.
Trip planning
Day trip is possible; two nights allows for same-week escalation if the screening finds something.
Questions
Practical answers.
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Is a stress test safe?
For most patients, yes. It is supervised by a cardiologist with resuscitation equipment on site. If you have unstable symptoms, a stress test is not appropriate and the physician will choose a different pathway.
Should I add coronary CT angiography?
Only if you have symptoms, a strong risk profile or an abnormal stress test. As a routine add-on in low-risk patients it generates incidental findings more often than useful diagnoses.
Can this be done before another operation?
Yes, and it is one of the most common reasons patients book it. Tell us the planned procedure so the report addresses fitness for anaesthesia directly.
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