Heart diseases like coronary heart diseases, ischemic heart diseases, stroke and even simplest of the blocks can be identified by the cardiac risk markers tests. These tests include parameters like Apo B / Apo A1 Ratio (Apo B/A1), Apolipoprotein - A1 (Apo-A1), Apolipoprotein - B (Apo-B), Homocysteine, High Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein (Hs-Crp) and Lipoprotein (A) [Lp(A)] that assess problems associated with the functioning of the heart and indicate the risks of getting a heart attack in near future.
Other than these, tests like TMT and ECG are also performed to diagnose heart problems. TMT assess whether your heart is able to receive enough oxygen, finds out the issues related to blood flow, where as ECG finds problems associated with the electrical activity in your heart.
A complete hemogram tests that includes 24 parameters like Hb level, total count of RBCs and WBCs help in diagnosing any infections and abnormal values of these parameters can be indications of many diseases. Heart disease is the top killer of our country and more than 80% of the people who suffer a heart attack suffer from CAD.