Protect your heart. Understand your risk. Live longer.
At Texas Diabetes & Endocrinology, we help you reduce your risk of heart disease through evidence-based prevention, advanced testing, and personalized care—especially if you’re managing diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity, or other metabolic conditions.
Heart disease prevention focuses on identifying and addressing risk factors before they lead to cardiovascular complications. This includes managing:
Our approach includes tools like cardiovascular (CV) risk calculators, lipid panels, and ACS risk assessments to give you a clear picture of your current health—and what you can do to protect it.
Whether you’re asking “Can I reverse congestive heart failure?” or simply want to know your numbers, our team provides the guidance you need to take action.
Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the U.S.—but many cases are preventable. Early prevention is especially important if you:
If you’ve ever wondered when to get your heart health checked, we can help you understand your risk and how to lower it.
At TDE, we take a whole-person approach to cardiovascular health. Our endocrinologists integrate metabolic testing, advanced lipid panels, and personalized counseling to prevent heart attacks, strokes, and other complications—before they happen.
If you’re searching for a cholesterol screening near me, we have you covered. But we don’t rely on one-size-fits-all CV calculators. Instead, we combine clinical tools like CV risk scoring with your personal history and lab results to create a prevention plan that works for you.
Insulin resistance and high blood sugar increase inflammation, damage blood vessels, and significantly raise cardiovascular risk over time. Diabetes is one of the strongest risk factors for heart disease. Also, diabetes is associated with other heart risk factors such as high blood pressure and high cholesterol.
Metabolic syndrome includes high blood sugar, low HDL (“good cholesterol), high triglycerides (fat in blood), high blood pressure, and abdominal weight gain. Together, these conditions conspire to increase inflammation and cardiovascular risk.
Yes. Heart disease can develop silently over time without symptoms. Many people do not experience warning signs until the condition is more advanced, which is why early screening ant treating risk factors is so important.
Early signs may include chest discomfort, shortness of breath, fatigue, dizziness, or reduced exercise tolerance. Some people may have no symptoms at all and their first symptom could even be a heart attack or stroke.
Heart disease risk is evaluated using a combination of metabolic testing, advanced lipid panels, and cardiovascular risk assessment tools. At Texas Diabetes & Endocrinology, providers may also use A1C testing, cholesterol analysis, metabolic markers and coronary calcium scoring to better understand how blood sugar, insulin resistance, and cholesterol contribute to cardiovascular risk. A lipid related risk factor that is increasingly measured, especially in people with a family history of heart disease, is called Lipoprotein (a), lipoprotein “little a”.
Risk is based on multiple factors including blood sugar, cholesterol, blood pressure, weight, family history, and metabolic health. A full evaluation can help identify risk even before symptoms appear. Discuss this question with your provider.
Yes. Many risk factors can be improved through lifestyle changes, medications, and metabolic health management, including improving blood sugar, cholesterol, blood pressure, and weight.
Insulin resistance increases inflammation, raises blood sugar, and contributes to plaque buildup in the arteries, accelerating the development of heart disease.
Cholesterol levels are heavily influenced by genetics. Insulin resistance, weight, and overall metabolic health also contribute to risk. Even so, a low fat diet is important for control.
Yes. Even modest weight loss of 5–10% can improve blood pressure, cholesterol levels, blood sugar, and insulin resistance, all of which reduce cardiovascular risk.
Some GLP-1 medications have been shown to reduce cardiovascular risk in certain patients, particularly those with diabetes or obesity, when used as part of a comprehensive treatment plan.
A heart-healthy diet includes fiber-rich foods, vegetables, fruits (careful of carb content in people with diabetes, lean proteins, healthy fats, low saturated fat, and minimally processed whole foods.
Preventing heart disease doesn’t begin after a diagnosis—it starts now. Whether you’re managing risk factors or want a clearer view of your heart health, our team of prevention-focused endocrinologists is here to help.