Cardiac Profile in Delhi

6 parameters across 6 components, all individual tests: Apolipoprotein B (Apo-B) (1), Apolipoprotein A1 (1), Apolipoprotein A1+B1 Ratio (1), Lipoprotein a (1), Homocysteine (1) and C Reactive protein High Sensitive (hs-CRP) (1). Sample is blood only, no fasting is required, and digital reports arrive within 24 hours. Important: this package contains no cholesterol, no triglycerides, no Lipid Profile, no Troponin, no NT-proBNP and no ECG. It is a panel of advanced cardiac risk markers designed to be read alongside a standard lipid profile, not instead of one.

No. There is no cholesterol test of any kind in this package — no Total Cholesterol, LDL, HDL, VLDL or Non-HDL cholesterol, and no Triglycerides or cardiac cholesterol ratios. This is the single most important thing to know before booking. The panel measures apolipoproteins, Lipoprotein a, homocysteine and hs-CRP, which are the markers a lipid profile leaves out. Most people should book a package containing a Lipid Profile alongside it, such as the Basic Full Body Checkup or the Advanced Full Body Checkup with Vitamin D & B12; both can run off the same blood draw.

It starts from 999 in Delhi, covering free home sample collection and digital reports with no additional charges at checkout. If you book it together with a full body checkup so that you also have a Lipid Profile, both run off one blood draw and one home visit. Book online or on WhatsApp.

No, and this is worth being clear about. A full body checkup such as the Basic Full Body Checkup or the Advanced Full Body Checkup with Vitamin D & B12 contains the Lipid Profile, fasting glucose, HbA1c, liver and kidney function and a Complete Blood Count — the foundation of cardiovascular risk assessment. The Cardiac Profile adds a refinement layer on top of that foundation: particle-number measurement, genetic Lp(a) risk and vascular inflammation. If you have to choose only one, choose the full body checkup. If you want the fuller picture, book both together.

No. This panel estimates long-term cardiovascular risk and cannot diagnose an acute cardiac event. It contains no Troponin I or Troponin T, no CK-MB, no NT-proBNP and no ECG — the tests used in that situation. Chest pain or pressure, breathlessness, pain radiating to the arm, jaw or back, or sweating with nausea need urgent in-person medical assessment at a hospital emergency department. Do not book a blood panel and wait for a report.

Apo B is a structural protein present at exactly one molecule per atherogenic lipoprotein particle, so measuring it counts the number of particles in your blood capable of lodging in an artery wall. LDL cholesterol measures the cholesterol those particles carry, which is a different quantity. Two people with identical LDL can carry very different particle numbers, and the one with more particles carries more risk. Apo B is a better predictor of cardiovascular risk than LDL cholesterol alone.

Because in diabetes, insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome the atherogenic particles tend to be smaller and carry less cholesterol each. A person can therefore have a high number of particles while their LDL cholesterol reads normal or near-normal, and a standard lipid report falsely reassures them. Apo B counts the particles directly rather than inferring risk from the cholesterol they contain, which is why the gap between the two measures is widest in exactly this group.

Apolipoprotein A1 is the main protein of HDL particles, which carry cholesterol away from artery walls, while Apolipoprotein B marks the particles that deposit it. The ratio between them expresses the balance of atherogenic to protective particles in one number, and the Apo B to Apo A1 relationship is a strong risk discriminator — often a better one than either value in isolation. Your report gives all three: Apo B, Apo A1 and the ratio.

Lipoprotein a, or Lp(a), is a lipoprotein particle whose blood level is largely determined by your genes. It stays broadly stable through adult life and is not meaningfully changed by diet, exercise or statin therapy. Because the number does not move, a single measurement in a lifetime is sufficient for most people. A high Lp(a) is not a target to chase down with treatment; it means your baseline cardiovascular risk is higher than your cholesterol numbers suggest, which changes how aggressively your doctor manages everything that is modifiable.

It is most informative if a parent or sibling had a heart attack or stroke at a young age, if you have premature cardiovascular disease yourself with an unremarkable lipid profile, or if your doctor is deciding how aggressively to treat borderline cholesterol. Because Lp(a) is genetic, a normal LDL does not rule it out — it is simply not visible on a standard cholesterol report. For most people it is a once-in-a-lifetime measurement, which makes it unusually good value for the information it gives.

Homocysteine is an amino acid, and elevated levels are associated with increased cardiovascular risk. In India a raised result very often reflects a nutritional cause rather than a primarily cardiac one: 47 to 70% of Indians are Vitamin B12 deficient, rising above 70% among vegetarians (Yajnik CS, et al., Journal of the Association of Physicians of India, 2006;54:775–782), and folate deficiency has the same effect. A raised homocysteine is therefore a reason to measure Vitamin B12 and folate, which are not included in this package. Note that lowering homocysteine with supplements has not been shown to reduce cardiac events, though correcting a genuine deficiency is worthwhile in itself.

No, and the two are not interchangeable. C Reactive protein High Sensitive (hs-CRP) is calibrated to measure the much lower concentrations relevant to cardiovascular risk stratification, where it reflects low-grade inflammation in blood vessel walls. The standard CRP reported in our full body checkup packages measures general inflammation from infection, injury or an autoimmune flare, at far higher concentrations. If your doctor has asked for cardiac risk assessment, hs-CRP is the correct assay, and this package contains it.

It does not measure pollution exposure, and no test in this package does. Fine particulate exposure is associated with systemic inflammation in general terms, which is background worth knowing for any inflammation marker, but hs-CRP here is a cardiac risk assay and reports nothing about air quality or environmental damage. What genuinely changes an hs-CRP result is recent illness: any infection, injury or surgery in the previous two to three weeks raises it far above the cardiac range and makes the result uninterpretable. That, not where you live, is the reason to postpone the test.

During or shortly after any infection, and after injury or surgery. Hs-CRP measures inflammation, and any inflammatory process — even an ordinary cold or a dental infection — raises it far above the range used for cardiac risk assessment, so the cardiac signal is lost. If you have been unwell in the past two to three weeks, postpone this test or plan to repeat it later. Strenuous exercise in the previous 24 hours also raises it transiently, and NSAIDs or steroids suppress it.

No. None of the six markers in this package requires fasting. However, if you are booking a Lipid Profile or a full body checkup in the same draw — which most people should, since this panel contains no cholesterol — then that package's fasting requirement applies. For the Advanced Full Body Checkup with Vitamin D & B12 that is 10 hours overnight, with water allowed. Avoid strenuous exercise for 24 hours before the draw, because it transiently raises hs-CRP.

Continue prescription medicines, including statins, unless your doctor advises otherwise. Statins lower Apolipoprotein B, which is useful information in itself if you are already on treatment, but they do not meaningfully change Lipoprotein a — one of the reasons Lp(a) is measured separately. NSAIDs and steroids suppress hs-CRP, so tell your doctor if you take either. Vitamin B12 or folate supplements lower homocysteine, so mention those too when you book.

Yes, free across Delhi including Connaught Place, Civil Lines, Karol Bagh, Model Town, Greater Kailash, Vasant Vihar, Saket, Nehru Place, Preet Vihar, Mayur Vihar, Rohini and Dwarka. Only a blood sample is needed for this package. A trained phlebotomist visits at your chosen slot, and if you have booked a full body checkup alongside it, both are collected in the same draw. Samples travel to the laboratory in temperature-controlled conditions.

Digital reports arrive within 24 hours of sample collection, with all 6 parameters shown against reference ranges and abnormal values flagged. Your sample is processed at a NABL-accredited laboratory in our network. NABL accreditation is granted to individual laboratories after evaluation of their equipment, processes and personnel. It is not a company-wide certification, and HealthVas does not claim to hold accreditation itself.

Yes. Add each person during booking and one phlebotomist visit covers both draws, which is often how it works in households where parents and adult children live together. One suggestion if you are booking for a parent: add a package containing a Lipid Profile, such as the Advanced Full Body Checkup with Vitamin D & B12, so the apolipoprotein results can be read against cholesterol values from the same draw rather than on their own.