The next dimension of heart health insight

• As a part of the Executive Membership, the total time in the MRI machine is about 100 minutes.
• This visit will require the placement of 4 EKG (electrocardiogram) adhesive patches and leads on the patient’s chest. (patients with hair impeding placement may require hair removal at time of scanning via bedside shaving).
• The sequences to get adequate images/reporting require additional 30 second breath-holds.

• It is helpful to avoid caffeine, nicotine, or any other stimulants for 4 hours prior to testing to avoid a rapid heart rate, which can make scanning more difficult.
• Along with our Whole Body Scan, we recommend fasting 4 hours prior to your appointment.
• Patients SHOULD take any of their regular medications, for heart rate, blood pressure, and cholesterol, at their regularly scheduled times including before an Advanced Heart Health Scan.
• To help EKG leads stick properly and provide the best signal quality, patients with thick chest hair may wish to trim or remove hair from the chest and upper abdomen before their visit. Very fine or sparse hair usually does not require removal. Please avoid lotions, oils, creams, or powders on these areas on the day of your appointment.

• People with implanted metal devices that are not MRI-compatible (e.g., older pacemakers, defibrillators, or certain aneurysm clips).
• Individuals with metallic foreign objects in their bodies (e.g., shrapnel, or metal fragments in the eye).
• Patients with severe claustrophobia, unless sedation is possible.
• Pregnant women
• People who cannot lie still or follow instructions, with conditions such as severe anxiety, parkinson’s disease, movement disorders.
• Ages younger than 18 or with cognitive impairment

Heart imaging requires specialized analysis of how the heart moves with each beat. By partnering with MyoStrain®, Prenuvo is able to add this additional layer of insight using dedicated software designed specifically to analyze motion in cardiac MRI images.

This complements the Whole Body Scan, which focuses on capturing detailed structural images across the body.

At this time the Advanced Heart Health Scan is only available in select clinics within the Executive Membership

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We plan to roll out the Advanced Heart Health Scan within the Executive Membership at all of our US clinic locations over the next few months.

No. MyoStrain® is performed as part of your MRI scan, which does not use ionizing radiation. It also does not require contrast, so there is no additional exposure involved.

MyoStrain® is a way of measuring how your heart muscle moves and contracts with each beat using MRI. It looks at multiple areas of the heart to assess patterns of motion, helping provide a more detailed picture of how the heart muscle is working.

Your results include MyoHealth® Scores, which summarizes heart muscle function across these regions in a clear, standardized way. This information can support understanding of heart muscle performance and monitoring over time, but it does not diagnose specific heart conditions or replace standard cardiac testing.

MyoStrain® looks at how your heart muscle moves and contracts with each beat, using MRI. This provides information about heart muscle performance that is different from many standard heart tests.

Other tests evaluate different aspects of heart health. For example, CT angiography focuses on blood vessels and plaque, echocardiograms measure heart structure and pumping, and EKGs assess heart rhythm and electrical activity. MyoStrain® adds another layer of information by looking at how the heart muscle itself is working across multiple regions.

MyoStrain® is non-invasive and does not use ionizing radiation. It is intended to complement, not replace other cardiac tests, and may be considered alongside them as part of a broader clinical evaluation.

No. MyoStrain does not directly visualize blockages, plaque, or coronary artery disease.

Instead, it measures how your heart muscle moves and functions. These findings may provide additional information about heart muscle performance, but they do not diagnose specific conditions or replace tests that are designed to evaluate the coronary arteries.

• MyoStrain quantifies segmental intra-myocardial strain to directly quantify changes in contraction across 48 segments (37 left ventricular segments, and 11 right ventricular segments). It does this by observing longitudinal and circumferential strain independently, which creates a global assessment of strain called your “MyoHealth” score along with other traditional metrics such as Ejection Fractions (LVEF, RVEF), end-diastolic volumes (LVED/RVED), end-systolic volumes (LVES, RVES), and stroke volume (LVSV, RVSV).
• A MyoHealth score is a novel scoring system devised by the makers of MyoStrain, whereby the number of left/right-ventricular segments with normal function are divided by the total number of left/right-ventricular segments.

No. MyoStrain® is not used to diagnose heart disease.

It provides information about how your heart muscle moves and functions, which can support clinical interpretation and may be considered alongside other tests. Your healthcare provider uses this information, together with your medical history and other findings, to guide next steps if needed.

No. MyoStrain® does not assess your risk for a heart attack and does not evaluate coronary artery blockages.

It provides information about how your heart muscle moves and functions, which can support clinical understanding when considered alongside other tests and your overall health. Your healthcare provider may use this information as part of a broader evaluation.

If you are experiencing symptoms such as chest pain, shortness of breath, or think you may be having a heart attack, seek emergency medical care right away.