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Article: Cholesterol Levels Are Not Best Indicators of Cardiac Health.(Statistical Data Included)
- Article from:
- AORN Journal
- Article date:
- July 1, 2000
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Plasma cholesterol levels should not be relied on to measure potential heart disease, according to investigators in a March 2, 2000, University of Illinois press release. Researchers found cholesterol levels below danger levels for 750 men and women who were diagnosed with serious blockage of coronary arteries and who had bypass surgery after complaining of chest pains and undergoing cardiac catheterization. Four oxysterols (ie, metabolic products of cholesterol made in the liver) were present in patients with seriously blocked arteries.
Researchers studied 1,200 patients who underwent cardiac catheterization. Sixty-three percent of the patients had at least 70% ...