One of the most important questions in preventive cardiology is whether we can prevent serious heart problems before they happen. The VESALIUS-CV trial, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, offers encouraging evidence. 🔬 What did researchers find? The study...
As we close out #LipidAwarenessMonth, a reminder: 🫀 Very low HDL is not always about lifestyle. Rare genetic conditions can sometimes be the reason. 🧬 One example is familial hypoalphalipoproteinemia. Changes in the APOA1 gene can affect ApoA-I, the main protein involved in...
Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is an inherited condition that can cause very high LDL-C from a young age and increase the risk of premature heart disease. 🔎 Think FH when you see: • LDL-C ≥190 mg/dL • Premature heart disease • Family history of high cholesterol or early...
❌ Myth: A CAC scan prevents a heart attack. CAC is sometimes even described as the “mammogram for the heart” ✅ Reality: Not exactly Everyone knows what a mammogram is. But many people have never heard of CAC. CAC = coronary artery calcium It’s a measurement from a CT scan...
Honestly, the cholesterol world is complicated and almost like the universe 🌌 But there’s a cholesterol number already on your standard blood test that many people overlook: Non-HDL cholesterol (non-HDL-C) Here’s the simple math: Non-HDL-C = Total cholesterol − HDL (“good”...
What if your “high cholesterol” isn’t just about your diet? Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is an inherited condition that can cause very high LDL (“bad”) cholesterol from a young age, increasing the risk of heart attack and other heart problems much earlier than expected...