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Could The High Level Of Bad Cholesterol Be Due To An Impending Heart Disease?
Hi. My mother said she was having mild chest pains a couple of days ago. I checked her BP which was 142/70. Her pulse was 84. She does take cholesterol medicine. Cholesterol 165 Triglycerides 124 HDL 58 >40 MG/DL LDL Calculated 82 This is her lipid panel. The bad cholesterol isn't optimum to my understanding. Should I be concern if any impending heart disease?
hi yes you should be concerned of an impending heart disease as she already on medications for cholesterol and she is having chest pain i would suggest get her to be done a chest xray, ecg and echo and cardiac markers to rule out any problems with the heart. hope to have answered your query thanking you.
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Could The High Level Of Bad Cholesterol Be Due To An Impending Heart Disease?
hi yes you should be concerned of an impending heart disease as she already on medications for cholesterol and she is having chest pain i would suggest get her to be done a chest xray, ecg and echo and cardiac markers to rule out any problems with the heart. hope to have answered your query thanking you.