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What Does Cholesterol 164 In Pleurisy Patients Blood Test Suggest?

Diagnosed with pleurisy weeks earlier. Did chest x rays, and ekg and blood test. Cholesterol, total 164;triglycerides 70;HDL 50;VLDL 14;LDL 100;TSH .373 - 12am woke up with irregular-irregular and missing heartbeats no fatigue,sweating,or out of breath(swimmer) felt little winded during the 5-7 palp but the lug dub always returned(stethoscope records on voice recorder) BP spike 177/117 20 min later got 121/101 pulse 98, 127/82pulse 76. Lasted 4 hours then slept.
Mon, 11 Aug 2014
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In my opinion you should cosult cardiologist for this. And by history it was acute left ventricular failure. Get done ECHO. And your cholesterol levels are normal. And for irregular heart beat I think holter monitoring will be helpful.
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What Does Cholesterol 164 In Pleurisy Patients Blood Test Suggest?

In my opinion you should cosult cardiologist for this. And by history it was acute left ventricular failure. Get done ECHO. And your cholesterol levels are normal. And for irregular heart beat I think holter monitoring will be helpful.