Many people find themselves puzzled by terms like triglycerides, LDL, and HDL, and how these numbers relate to heart health. With medical reports indicating elevated triglycerides or 'bad ...

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CHD: Coronary heart disease; TG: Triglyceride. Adapted from [96,97]. *Values shown for LDL and HDL particle sizes are least squares means, all others shown are medians. † p-values represent the ...

Patients with elevated triglyceride levels might have accompanying dyslipidemias that increase the risk for CHD (e.g. familial combined hyperlipidemia or low HDL level). In addition, severe ...

Excessive elevation of triglycerides can lead to short-term memory loss, liver enlargement, abdominal discomfort, and skin issues. Elevated triglyceride levels pose heightened risks of heart ...

DAVE MONTGOMERY, MD: Triglycerides are the fats that swim around in our body. We use those fats in normal amounts for fuel, for energy. We also use them to make hormones and to build cells.

A variety of basic pathophysiologic mechanisms that can partially explain simultaneous renal and cardiac disease will be discussed in this Review. In addition to being a prognostic marker ...

Gross pay is the amount of money you earn before any payroll deductions are taken out of your paycheck. In contrast, your net pay is the amount of money you take home after deductions like taxes ...

Types of cardiac surgical ablation Surgical ablation involves cutting into your chest. There are three kinds: Maze procedure. Your doctor will usually do this while you're having open heart ...

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Narrator: Muscles! Really? They don't look much use. When a muscle contracts (bunches up), it gets shorter and so pulls on the bone it is attached to. When a muscle relaxes, it goes back to its ...