The ProHealth BodyCheck combines the most modern examination methods with the most conservative ones in order to gain a comprehensive and reliable status of your health. The ProHealth BodyCheck is unique in its extent and its combination of examinations.

The ProHealth BodyCheck comprises the following single examinations:

• Comprehensive preliminary medical consultation with production of your individual examination profile
• Magnetic resonance tomography of the head
• Magnetic resonance tomography of the head-neck vessels
• Magnetic resonance tomography or ultra low dose computed tomography of the lungs for heavy smokers/asthmatics
• Magnetic resonance tomography of the abdominal cavity
• Magnetic resonance tomography of the pelvis (including internal genital organs such as prostate gland, womb, ovaries, etc.)
• Magnetic resonance tomographic angiography (3-dimensional vascular display of the body's vessels)
• Determination of coronary vessel calcification (calcium score) by means of CT
• Osteoporosis diagnosis (measurement of the bone density by means of CT osteodensitometry)
• Complete internal medical and cardiological examinations:
  • Preliminary consultation and physical examination by a specialist for internal medicine and cardiology
  • Resting and exercise ECG
  • Heart ultrasound (echo cardiography)
  • Blood pressure monitoring
  • Lung function test
  • Spiroergometry
  • Body composition analysis
  • Determination of the body mass index
  • Concluding consultation with the cardiologist, advice on lifestyle for a healthy heart
• Complete laboratory analysis of blood, urine and faeces
• Skin cancer screening by an experienced specialist in dermatology
• Urological / gynaecological examination:
  • For women
    • Information about expedient preventive medical examinations of the female genital organs
    • Palpation examination of the breast
    • Ultrasound examination of the breast
    • With corresponding indication (e.g. suspect magnetic resonance tomography of the pelvis) further diagnostics (mammography, smears, etc.)
    • Concluding consultation
  • For men
    • Preliminary consultation with specialist in urology
    • PSA value analysis for men
    • Digital examination of the prostate gland
    • Ultrasound examination of the male genital organs
    • Concluding consultation with the urologist
• Eye test
• Hearing test
• Details concluding consultation with explanation of the images and all relevant findings on the monitor
• Medical coaching
• Commented findings folder
• Aftercare by telephone

The ProHealth BodyCheck plus contains all examinations of the ProHealth BodyCheck as well as in addition a 3-dimensional virtual colonoscopy for conservative intestinal cancer diagnostics. Virtual colonoscopy must be prepared for half a day before the examination by laxative measures. This can also be done without difficulty at home. If required, we can arrange accommodation for you in the hotel.

ProHealth-BodyCheck-Plus = ProHealth-BodyCheck + 3-dimensional virtual colonoscopy

In the case of pathological findings we can perform conventional colonoscopy after the examination.

You would like to undergo a comprehensive preventive medical and early detection examination jointly with your life partner? Or you would like to invite a friend or professional partner to have with you on one day an all-round preventive medical examination? You would like to combine this with a business meeting or an accompanying programme?

We have developed the ProHealth PartnerCheck especially for this. This contains 2x the ProHealth BodyCheck Plus. All examinations are scheduled so that sufficient time for joint activities remains for you on this day. Naturally the Villa Mersmann with its two double rooms is at your disposal for the time of your stay.

We would be pleased to put together special arrangements and supporting programmes, such as free green fee in the Gut Winterbrock Golf Club, dinner with your own cook, hot air balloon flights over the Münsterland region, etc.

The ProHealth MRTCheck is based on an examination concept that was developed specially for persons who are sufficiently treated cardiologically, urologically and dermatologically by specialists or general practitioners in their home town, but who would like to exclude possible tumours and risks such as strokes by the modern magnetic resonance tomography procedure.

The ProHealth MRTCheck contains the following elements:

• Comprehensive preliminary medical consultation with production of your personal examination profile
• Magnetic resonance tomography of the head
• Magnetic resonance tomography of the head-neck vessels
• Magnetic resonance tomography of the lungs
• Magnetic resonance tomography of the abdominal cavity
• Magnetic resonance tomography of the pelvis (including internal genital organs such as prostate gland, womb, ovaries, etc.)
• Magnetic resonance tomographic angiography (3-dimensional vascular display of the body's vessels)
• Detailed concluding consultation with explanation of the images and all relevant findings on the monitor
• Medical Coaching
• Commented findings folder
• Aftercare by telephone

The CardioCheck examination programme consists of comprehensive cardiological examinations that are able to acquire or to exclude significant cardiovascular diseases.

The ProHealth CardioCheck contains:

• Anamnesis (inquiring the case history) and physical examination by a specialist in internal medicine and cardiology
• Resting ECG
• Exercise ECG with analysis
  • of the cardiac rhythm
  • of the blood pressure condition during exercise
  • of the heart rate condition during exercise
  • of possible cardiac dysrhythmia during exercise
  • of the blood circulation reserve of the coronary vessels
• Spiroergometry (examination of the functional capacity of the cardiovascular system under stress)
• Colour Doppler echocardiography (cardiac ultrasound)
• Colour duplex sonography of the arterial brain-supplying vessels (ultrasound of the neck vessels)
• Lung function test
• Body composition analysis (determination of the relative body fat percentage)
• Determination of the body mass index (measure for estimating overweight)
• Laboratory analysis of blood, urine and faeces
• PROCAM risk score (determination of the individual risk of a heart attack)

Apart from the examinations of the ProHealth CardioCheck this examination programme contains in addition the determination of coronary artery calcification by means of computed and magnetic tomography of the heart.

In a certain age group (45-70 years) the analysis of calcifications of the coronary arteries can provide additional information about an individual risk of a heart attack.

ProHealth CardioCheck Plus = ProHealth CardioCheck + Determination of coronary vessel calcification (calcium score) by means of computed tomography + Magnetic resonance tomography of the heart

The results of these comprehensive examinations are displayed to you in a detailed concluding consultation with pictorial demonstration of the acquired examination findings.

At the end of the concluding consultation you will be handed a findings folder which contains both the complete results of your examinations but also individual recommendations for your lifestyle and possible further therapeutic measures.

In the present times many people suffer from back pains, since we move our spines and back muscles either too little or incorrectly because of our way of life. In addition there are neck and shoulder pains, neck stiffness, pains in the small of the back, difficulties in bending, lumbago and sciatica.

These symptoms are caused by different mechanisms. Thus painful tenseness of the back muscles, which further intensifies basic bad posture due to pain and compensating for it, is frequently caused by contortions of the small vertebral joints (e.g. due to clumsy, sudden movements). Back muscles that are formed too weakly as well as osteoporosis (bone atrophy) also come into consideration as initiators of chronic back pains.

ProHealth has developed a diagnosis and preventive medical programme that selectively uncovers the causes of symptoms and initiates specific therapeutic measures.

The ProHealth BackCheck comprises the following components:

• Detailed medical preliminary consultation about individual stresses and possible symptoms of the back
• Magnetic resonance tomography of the cervical spine
• Magnetic resonance tomography of the thoracic spine
• Magnetic resonance tomography of the lumbar spine
• Osteoporosis diagnosis by osteodensitometry
• Biomechanical functional analysis of the muscular spinal column profile ("ECG of the back")
  • Biomechanical tests
  • Analysis of postural abnormalities
  • Display of muscular weaknesses
• Development of an individual back training programme in cooperation with our sports therapists
• Detailed concluding consultation with explanation of the images and findings
• Commented findings folder
• Aftercare by telephone

This examination programme provides information about the functional capacity of your cardiovascular system, especially in sports activities.

Apart form the maximum functional capacity, the so-called aerobic threshold is determined by lactate analyses and by spiroergometry, thus providing information about the limits of your functional capacity in the endurance area.

In addition this examination programme can acquire or exclude significant cardiovascular calcifications that could represent a risk for possible sports activities.

In detail this examination programme contains:

• Anamnesis (inquiring the case history) and physical examination by a specialist in internal medicine and cardiology
• Resting ECG
• Exercise ECG with analysis
  • of the cardiac rhythm
  • of the blood pressure condition during exercise
  • of the heart rate condition during exercise
  • of possible cardiac dysrhythmia during exercise
  • of the blood circulation reserve of the coronary vessels
• Spiroergometry with lactate stage test
• Colour Doppler echocardiography (cardiac ultrasound)
• Spirometry (determination of the lung and tidal volume)

After the preventive medicine and early detection programme put together individually for you, we discuss the findings of your personal examinations with you in a personal concluding consultation in a relaxed atmosphere and pleasant surroundings.

Your attending physician summarises the results of the examinations for you and explains possible findings to you. And naturally there is always sufficient time for questions. Moreover you receive a detailed commented and understandable findings folder with the results of the examinations in detail for further use. You receive all images that have been made on a CD-ROM.

Three-dimensional angiography both of the large vessels of the body as well as of the head-neck and the leg and pelvis arteries in the course of magnetic resonance tomography provides information about pathological vascular lesions (constrictions or aneurysms). These are the main causes of circulatory disorders. The vessels can be assessed significantly more accurately by means of 3-D angiography than with conventional ultrasound methods.

"It is difficult to heal a wounded heart." Most people can understand this quotation from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe all too well. On the other hand, many persons have little understanding for the problems of a medically sick heart.

Good intentions are not sufficient - he who wants to remain fit and healthy must also do something for this! We will be pleased to advise you and give you useful tips on your way.

In Germany 45% of the deaths for men and 50% of the deaths for women were caused by cardiovascular diseases, which stand in connection with high blood pressure. Chronically elevated blood pressure values can lead to coronary heart disease (CHD), heart attack, cardiac insufficiency, kidney failure, stroke, eye damage and arterial occlusive disease.

Your risk of cardiovascular disease can be determined and measures for preventive medicine can be initiated early on by a simple measurement of your blood pressure at rest and in exercise in connection with our examinations.

The body mass index (BMI) is an index for evaluating the body weight of a person.

Since the BMI is solely a rough estimate and naturally cannot take account of the stature of a person and the individually different composition of the body weight from fat and muscle tissue, we perform in addition in our Institute the so-called body composition analysis, with the aid of which an accurate statement about the relevant compartments of the body can be made.

A calcium score (determination of the coronary calcifications) is performed if our heart specialists establish special risk factors or irregularities in the course of the cardiological preventive medical examination.

This procedure is performed only a single time in persons 45 years old or more and enables an accurate estimate of the risk of a heart attack.

ProHealth recommends this examination to smokers or patients with abnormal changes of the pulmonary tissue. In this way structural changes of the pulmonary framework (pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary emphysema, scars, tuberculosis, lymph node enlargement, inflammations, tumours) can be detected.

For non-smokers and persons with healthy lungs we recommend magnetic resonance tomography of the lungs that enables an assessment of the lung structures without radiation.

Three-dimensional virtual colonoscopy is performed like conventional colonoscopy after evacuation of the intestines, but it is absolutely painless and offers the same information as conventional colonoscopy. Thus pathological changes of the intestines such as polyps, tumours and constructions can be detected early on.

The exercise ECG (bicycle ergometer) provides the following additional statements in contrast to the resting ECG:

1. Analysis of disordered action of the heart under exercise conditions
2. Behaviour of the heart rate (pulse rate under exercise conditions)
3. Analysis of the blood pressure behaviour under rising physical exercise
4. Analysis of the basic resistance to stress
5. Analysis of the ECG curve for estimating possible circulatory disturbances of the coronary vessels (coronary heart disease)

The most basic cardiological examination is at first the analysis of the surface ECG at rest.

The resting ECG can already provide information about heart attacks that may have already occurred or about certain forms of disordered action of the heart.

In this case both bradycardic (too slow heart beat) and tachycardic (too fast heart beat) rhythm disturbances can be recorded. In addition the resting ECG permits the analysis of the heart rate, this means whether there is a regular or irregular heart beat as well as the analysis of extrasystoles (extra beats), which are frequently sensed as a galloping rhythm.

Apart from the resting and exercise ECG, the cardiac ultrasound examination is the most important cardiological examination and indispensable component of every cardiological diagnosis.

The cardiac ultrasound examination allows an accurate functional analysis of the right and left ventricle, the determination of the size of all cavities of the heart, provides information about the function of the heart valves and reveals heart attacks that have occurred earlier. Thus practically all structures of the heart muscle and of the heart valves can be displayed in motion with very high resolution and analysed.

Echo cardiography is basically performed under conditions of rest. The echo cardiographic examination under exercise conditions (stress echo cardiography) permits further analyses of the blood supply to the heart muscle and can thus detect coronary vessel changes (coronary heart disease) early on.

In the case of a corresponding indication, ProHealth offers two further examinations for further statements about the coronary vessels:

• measurement of the coronary artery calcifications by a calcium score
• virtual coronary angiography

Colour duplex sonography of the extracranial vessels supplying the brain images the vessels that are important for the blood supply to the brain and analyses their blood flow velocities.

Deposits and calcifications in these vessels can be displayed here with high sensitivity and very early on.

Deposits or stenoses (constrictions) of these vessels represent an essential cause of strokes. Early detection and possibly treatment of high-grade stenoses of these vessels is a prerequisite for being able to prevent strokes caused by these stenoses.

At ProHealth every client is physically examined from head to foot by an experienced specialist in internal medicine. Among other an inspection of the whole body contains a determination of the movement magnitudes of different joints, the palpation of the thyroid gland and of certain nervous exit points and regional lymphatic knots, a knocking off the lung borders, an auscultation of the lung and the heart, the examination of the abdominal cavity and a rough estimate of the neurological status.

Therefore possible noticeable problems or discomfort can be discovered in approach.

Going beyond the magnetic resonance tomography examination of the pelvis, ProHealth offers more extensive early detection examinations by gynaecological specialists. These comprise:

• Anamnesis and a preliminary medical consultation
• Ultrasound of the internal genital organs
• Ultrasound of the mammary glands
• Palpation examination of the internal genital organs
• Palpation examination of the mammary glands
• Vaginal smear
• Tissue biopsy
• Digital mammography or magnetic resonance tomography for corresponding indication
• Concluding consultation and detailed explanation of the relevant findings

"That gets under your skin" is a proverb which - taken literally - also applies to health. So that nothing at all gets "under your skin", the ProHealth specialists for dermatology perform a thorough pain-free appraisal of your entire skin surface and give you valuable recommendations for prophylactic measures against skin ageing processes and exposure to the sun.

Losses of hearing and sight frequently occur gradually, but mean a considerable restriction of safety and quality of life. ProHealth performs for you a completely pain-free examination of your hearing and eyesight.

Our internal medicine and cardiology department records your case history at the beginning of the examination programme, with special consideration of your individual life style.

The previous diseases, any current symptoms and the results of the physical examination are the basis for an individual programme agreed with you for the following technical cardiovascular examinations.

Magnetic resonance tomography is an examination method with which it is possible to assess practically all organs very well. We gain in a literal sense an insight into your organs and vessels by means of magnetic resonance tomography. Even the smallest tumours or lesions of the vessels can be detected and displayed free of superimposition.

Surely very important for you: the examination that takes around 60 minutes is free of radiation and absolutely harmless. The fascinating images will be explained to you in detail in the concluding consultation and they are naturally available to you.

Pathological vascular lesions and constrictions as well as aneurysms (pathological dilatation) can be discovered early on by three-dimensional angiography of the head-neck vessels with the aid of magnetic resonance tomography. This examination facilitates significantly more accurate assessment of the head and neck vessels than the conventional method of ultrasound. Thus a possible risk of a stroke can be detected early on.

We offer this radiation-free examination of the lungs especially for non-smokers and persons with healthy lungs in whom despite freedom from symptoms an orienting statement on the lung structure should be made.

We recommend ultra low dose CT for smokers and patients with changes of the lung tissue (e.g. emphysema) for accurate assessment of the lung structures.

ProHealth belongs to the few institutes in Europe with wide-ranging experience and certified expertise in the preventive use of abdominal magnetic resonance tomography. Thus ProHealth is able to assess in detail practically every organ of the abdominal cavity and to discover benign and malignant lesions already at an early stage.

Even small tumours or pathological changes are displayed free of superimposition by magnetic resonance tomography. The experience of the assessing physician and careful interpretation of the images are of decisive importance.

Diseases of the abdominal cavity especially are frequently diagnosed late or too late, because they cause no symptoms over a long period of time. Regular and preventive medical examination is thus urgently advised.

Magnetic resonance tomography facilitates precise statements about the state of health of the internal genital organs (womb, vagina, ovaries, prostate gland, seminal vesicles) and the efferent urinary passages (ureter, bladder).

Possible lesions are examined further by the ProHealth specialists, gynaecologists and urologists.

On no account do we have to stand you on your head to be able to make reliable statements whether there is reduced blood circulation of the brain, small or very small tumours, inflammations or pathological vascular lesions with an increased risk of a stroke. Rather sectional images of the brain free of superimposition and visualizing pathological changes can be produced with radiation-free magnetic resonance tomography free of side effects.

The percentages of the body fat, of the body water, or the body cell mass (muscles and organ mass) and of the extracellular mass (vessels, bones, connective tissue) are determined by means of this analysis. This enables statements to be made about the individual nutritional status, possible deficiencies and the composition of the body.

A balanced ratio between the individual percentages is the key to more physical fitness, functional capacity and wellbeing even in healthy and normal weight persons.

We determine your body fat in %, body fat in kg, your standard range of body fat, the body mass index, the basic metabolic rate in calories, your normal weight range, the fat-free mass in kg, the fat-free mass in %, total body water in litres, total body water in % and your personal standard range for total body water.

It is important for us that you can understand at any time how the situation is with your health and the results to which the examinations at ProHealth have led. Therefore you receive from us detailed examination results in black and white in a personal findings folder. The findings folder simplifies the work for your doctors and contributes to avoiding double examinations.

Naturally we summarise once again in the findings folder our recommendations for your mode of living or possibly necessary medical measures and therapies. And you receive a CD-ROM with all images produced from magnetic resonance tomography and computed tomography.

This examination replaces in many cases a cardiac catheter examination and enables relevant stenoses (constrictions) of the coronary vessels to be excluded. It is recommended by the ProHealth cardiologist individually in the case of an increased risk of heart attack.

At the beginning of your examinations we very consciously make a comprehensive and careful analysis of all relevant values of your blood, urine and a faeces sample. In this way first conclusions about possible risk factors, organ functions, fat metabolic disorders and hormonal factors (e.g. thyroid gland) can be drawn. Indications of possible malignant diseases also do not remain undiscovered due to a far reaching analysis of the tumour markers.

Moreover ProHealth offers on request and as required further special blood analyses, such as nutrition analyses, anti-aging hormone profiles, vaccination titres, allergy tests, stress and detoxification parameters, examinations of the immune status, environmental toxicological analyses, blood group determination, HIV test and hepatitis A/B/C tests.

Your laboratory values are evaluated and assessed by specialists in laboratory diagnostics. In the case of special problems we cooperate with specialists of an external laboratory. Thus we can produce your examination profile selectively on the basis of these laboratory analyses and an initial consultation.

It is important for us not only to make available a list of the different values to you but to explain these values to you understandably and to make a detailed comment on your findings available for you and your general practitioner.

Sports medical examinations have as goal:

1. To exclude a possible cardiovascular risk in sports activities as well as
2. to analyse the current functional capacity of the cardiovascular system and
3. to provide relevant recommendations for training.

The functional capacity of the organ of the lungs decisively influences the functional capacity of the entire cardiovascular system.

The lung function test (spirometry) is a medical procedure for measuring and for recording the lung and tidal volumes.

Apart from the analysis of the entire lung capacity, one receives essential information about possible disturbances of the pulmonary function, whether it is constrictions of the respiratory system (e.g. bronchial asthma, obstructive bronchitis) or lung scarring (e.g. pulmonary fibrosis).

Do you wish for someone who stands by you and accompanies you in all questions concerning your health, to whom you can turn at any time with your questions, worries and wishes.

Within the scope of medical coaching we not only bring together all patient documents produced in the course of your life and interpret these in the context of the preventive medical examinations performed by us. We moreover give you concrete recommendations for your personal mode of living, nutrition and possible medical and therapeutic measures.

It is indeed bone-shaking when people have an increased risk of broken bones because the calcium salt content of their bones is too low. Women going through the menopause, men above 50, smokers and persons with vitamin deficiency are especially affected. Diseases such as thyroid overactivity or else certain medicaments can accelerate this loss of substance.

Quantitative computed tomography enables accurate statements about your risk of osteoporosis and fracture. In the course of our examinations we give you valuable recommendations how you can prevent osteoporosis.

On request ProHealth offers a preventive medical genetic analysis with which the individual genetic constellation can be determined with regard to risk factors and predispositions for a large number of diseases and lesions. These include cancer diseases, Alzheimer, risk of thrombosis, dementia, cardiovascular diseases, breast cancer, osteoporosis, arteriosclerosis, nutrient and vital substance utilisation, menopausal symptoms and medicament (in)compatibilities.

You receive a scientific report on your genetic diagnosis and a genetic health maintenance concept containing personal recommendations for diet, movement profile, reducing stress and preventive medicine.

This risk score system estimates your individual risk of suffering from a heart attack within the next 10 years. The risk determination is bases in this case on the Prospective Cardiovascular Münster (PROCAM) Study.

In the present times many people suffer from back pains, since we move our spines and back muscles either too little or incorrectly because of our way of life. In addition there are neck and shoulder pains, neck stiffness, pains in the small of the back, difficulties in bending, lumbago and sciatica.

These symptoms are caused by different mechanisms. Thus painful tenseness of the back muscles, which further intensifies basic bad posture due to pain and compensating for pain, is frequently caused by contortions of the small vertebral joints (e.g. due to clumsy, sudden movements). Back muscles that are too weakly formed as well as osteoporosis (bone atrophy) also come into consideration as initiators of chronic back pains.

ProHealth has developed a diagnosis and preventive medical programme that selectively uncovers the causes of symptoms and initiates specific therapeutic measures.

We perform the following diagnostic examinations:

• Comprehensive preliminary medical consultation with regard to your symptoms
• Magnetic resonance tomography of the entire spinal column
• Osteoporosis diagnosis by means of CT osteodensitometry
• Biomechanical functional analysis of your muscular spinal profile
  • Biochemical tests
  • Analysis of postural abnormalities
  • Display of your muscular weaknesses

• Periradicular therapy (computer-controlled nerve root treatment) in pains due to a herniated disc.
• Injection treatments of the vertebral joints in pains due to vertebral body blockages.
• Sympathicolysis in neuralgic pain conditions of the legs and arms (e.g. smoker's leg, Sudeck's dystrophy, phantom pains)

In this examination the respiratory gases are analysed under physical exercise, so that statements can be made about the functional capacity of the cardiopulmonary system. In addition spiroergometry serves for assessing the endurance of athletes. Thus the maximum oxygen intake during increasing physical exercise can be determined.

Advice by telephone can and should not replace personal medical consultation.

Nevertheless the staff of ProHealth are at your disposal for your personal questions at any time even before and after your examinations at ProHealth.

Going beyond magnetic resonance tomography examinations of the pelvis and of the prostate gland, ProHealth has an extensive range of examinations for the male genital organs. These include:

• Anamnesis and a preliminary medical consultation by a specialist for urology
• Digital examination of the prostate gland
• Ultrasound of the prostate gland
• Analysis of the PSA values
• Ultrasound of the testicles
• Concluding consultation and detailed explanation of the relevant findings

Health is much more than the functioning of human organs. Health is based on many factors, which do not always manifest themselves physically or not at the first glance. Health is equally dependent upon a healthy way of living and on psychic factors.

Therefore it is important for ProHealth to get to know you as well as possible and to experience more about your lifestyle and your habits in the course of meaningful and comprehensive preventive medicine. ProHealth is convinced that preventive medicine and early detection based only on so-called apparatus medicine has too little effect and leaves decisive factors out of account. For this reason we would like to acquire your personal case history and possible conditions running in the family as comprehensively as possible. We create your personal preventive medical and early detection program only on this basis.

It is a matter of course for us that you are comprehensively informed and accompanied by our specialists in all examinations and that you have all relevant findings explained fully and understandably.

"If I had only known earlier..." You do not have to be exposed to this self-reproach if you regularly make use of the possibilities of preventive medicine and early detection. Especially tumour diseases give rise to symptoms that are noticed frequently only once they have already exceeded a critical size or in the worst case can no longer be treated.

Practically all organs can be assessed in detail with the aid of magnetic resonance tomography. Even the smallest tumours can be detected and displayed free of superimposition.

Our experience with many thousands of patients who have been examined at ProHealth shows time and again that many fears are unjustified and - even in the case of a disease - the certainty and the possibility of doing something actively for one's health brings enormous relief.

"Putting your hand on your heart" has for a long time not been sufficient for a modern diagnosis.

Especially for the heart, the central circulatory organ of our body, there are today very extensive early detection methods that can detect life-threatening diseases in good time and thus can minimise the individual risk of a heart attack.

For this reason cardiological examinations are high on the list of priorities at ProHealth.

They are able to acquire all essential cardiovascular diseases and especially to estimate the individual risk of a heart attack.

In principle we can perform the following cardiovascular examinations for you:

1. Anamnesis (recording the case history) with analysis of the individual risk factors
2. Internal medically / cardiologically oriented physical examination
3. Resting ECG
4. Exercise ECG with analysis
   • of the cardiac rhythm
   • of the blood pressure condition during exercise
   • of the heart rate condition during excercise
   • of possible cardiac dysrhythmia during exercise
   • of the blood circulation reserve of the coronary vessels
5. Colour Doppler echocardiography (cardiac ultrasound)
6. Analysis of the blood pressure condition in rest and under load conditions
7. Lung function test
8. Spiroergometry (analysis of the performace of the cardiovascular system with measurement of the maximum oxygen absorption capacity)
9. Colour duplex sonography of the extracranial brain-supplying vessels (vascular ultrasound of the neck arteries)
10. Body composition analysis (determination of the relative percentage of body fat)
11. Determination of the body mass index (analysis of possible overweight)
12. PROCAM risk score (determination of the individual risk of a heart attack)

1. Determination of the coronary vessel calcification
2. 3-dimensional computed tomography of the coronary arteries (non-invasive coronary vessel display or cardiac catheter technique)

A stroke is not an event that comes out of the blue sky. Unknown risks and forewarnings of a stroke can already be detected with modern examination methods in most cases long before the actual stroke.

We determine your risk of a stroke with the aid of magnetic resonance tomography of the head and of the head-neck vessels. Thus we can detect early on possible blood circulation deficiencies of the brain or pathological vascular changes, so that we can initiate the necessary therapies with you in good time in the case of a disease.

"All in a state of flux" one of the most important requirements for a healthy organism is unobstructed blood flow and the supply of the organs with blood and vital nutrients.

At ProHealth all arteries of your body are examined three-dimensionally for constrictions, occlusions or pathological widening (aneurysms), which are frequently the starting point for strokes or circulatory disorders. For this purpose we use the possibilities for three-dimensional virtual angiography (vascular display) by means of magnetic resonance tomography.

"Early detected - danger averted": this applies to a special extent for intestinal cancer, the second most frequent form of cancer in Europe. Timely and early diagnosis of intestinal cancer has been proven to decisively increase the chances of a cure.

ProHealth offers as an alternative to conventional colonoscopy reliable and conservative three-dimensional virtual colonoscopy. It is true that here as well the intestine must be emptied, but the examination is completely free of pain and side effects and offers the same meaningfulness as conventional colonoscopy. Thus lesions of the intestines such as polyps, tumours and constrictions can be detected early on.

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Rheine lies directly on the Osnabrück - Amsterdam motorway A 30. It is just 30 minutes by car to the Dutch border (Enschede) and to the Münster-Osnabrück international airport and to Münster or Osnabrück. You can reach the Ruhr region over the A31 in a good hour by car. Rheine also has a regional airport.

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As a radiologist, Dr. Günter Klaß has time and again in the course of examinations discovered clinical pictures which had absolutely nothing to do with the original suspected diagnosis. The opposite has also been the case time and again: Feared diagnoses could be invalidated by thorough and comprehensive examinations.

This was the reason for Dr. Klaß to concentrate more intensively on preventive medicine and early detection and with ProHealth to found an institute that offers its clients a comprehensive and individually customized preventive medicine and early detection concept.

The Institute has the claim of offering holistic preventive medicine and advice with its preventive medical concept, which is unique in its extent, with the latest technical high-end equipment (Siemens reference centre) and its connection with the Mathias Spital.

This preventive medical concept met and meets with great resonance not only in the international media. As head of the ProHealth Institute Dr. Günter Klaß is also invited time and again to hold lectures not only to the medical profession but also in companies who want to inform their employees about the possibilities of preventive medicine.

The employees of ProHealth are characterized by outstanding specialist expertise and high social competence. Just as health is more than the functioning of individual organs but a collaboration of all physical functions, it is important to ProHealth to determine a picture of your health status by bringing to bear all important disciplines such as radiology, cardiology, dermatology, gastroenterology, urology and gynaecology.

It is important to our employees here that you are informed before every examination in an understandable way about the purpose and possible risks. ProHealth has the claim not only of using only the latest and most conservative medical procedures, but also of caring for you personally during your stay and of making your preventive medical and early detection examinations as pleasant as possible.

Due to its holistic medical approach and extraordinary medical commitment, the ProHealth team under the management of Dr. Günter Klaß, senior physician in radiology at the Mathias Spital and at the same time founder of ProHealth, has acquired international renown. Supported by a team of ten specialists, ProHealth cooperates with internationally operating preventive medical institutions in the Netherlands, in Great Britain and Austria.