Three Fires Protocol

Patients can be told a standard panel looks fine without receiving particle-size, inflammation, or coronary calcium information. The article says standard annual physicals were not designed around the soft-plaque rupture model of cardiac events. Soft plaque and inflammation are described as dynamic rather than static, so one-time testing is insufficient. The protocol is framed as a repeating physician-reviewed schedule rather than a one-time clearance. The protocol is intended to identify and monitor three cardiac-event drivers with tests beyond default annual blood panels.