Very high levels are even more dangerous than better-known risks for heart-attack and stroke. “In individuals who don’t have ...
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3)—Mercy Springfield has a new test to improve cardiac testing for patients. When it comes to cardiac stress tests, most people are familiar with the two most common ways: a ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists looked at three measures in the blood: LDL cholesterol; lipoprotein(a), a type of fat; and C-reactive protein, a marker ...
MOST of us know there’s ‘good’ and ‘bad’ cholesterol and this fatty substance in the blood can be ‘high’ or ‘low’. But ...
A little-known inherited cholesterol particle called Lp(a) may explain some unexplained heart risk and is becoming a major ...
A massive study of 200,000 people shows that counting the actual number of cholesterol-carrying particles (apoB) predicts heart attack risk far better than the traditional cholesterol test. Add in a ...
Scientists at Northwestern Medicine have developed a new genetic risk score that predicts who is most likely to experience irregular or dangerous heart rhythms. The test merges several types of ...
The issue An abnormal EKG result can be a shock to the system. Dr. Samir Saba, co-director of the UPMC Heart and Vascular ...