A simple test provides a more direct measure of heart disease risk
May 12, 2023
If it’s not clear to your doctor—or you—whether you should take a statin to lower your blood cholesterol, finding out your coronary artery calcium score, or CAC, may help close the uncertainty gap. It’s done with a quick CT scan.
Your cholesterol level tells you how much cholestero...
“A substantial proportion of the population is at significant risk for cardiovascular disease. We understand many of…
In our last two conversations with Ronald Krauss, M.D., an expert in lipidology and a member of our editorial board, we…
Before there was widespread use of statins to lower blood cholesterol, before the medical community found better…
