Plasma cholesterol plains should n...

Plasma cholesterol plains should not be relied upon to measure potential heart disease, according to investigators in a March 2 2000 University of Illinois pres release. Researchers ground cholesterol levels below danger evens 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 oxysterol (ie, metabolic productions of cholesterol made in the liver) were not absent in patients with seriously arrested arteries.

Researchers studied 1200 patients who underwent cardiac catheterization. Sixty-three percent of the patients had at least 70% of their arteries blocked--enough to warrant bypass surgery Of the 506 men who underwent bypass surgery solitary 14% had plasma cholesterol evens greater than 240, and 50% had flats less than 200. Thirty-two percent of the 244 women who underwent bypass surgery had horizontals greater than 240, and 34% had of the same heights less than 200. Currently, a total cholesterol regard of less than 200 is the most numerous desirable.

A other study researched cholesterol levels in 105 patients with cardiac catheterizations who experienced angina. All patients had elevated oxysterol When the oxysterol were added to life-blood from patients with no angina, investigators ground a marked influx of calcium infiltration in arterial confined apartments which was similar to findings in patients with angina. Calcium infiltration is the distinguishing characteristic of heart disease, according to the release.

Researchers said failure to recognize angina as a warning signal contributes to needles deaths from heart disease. Eating a well-balanced diet remains the best protection against heart disease, according to the release.

Cholesterol Not Necessarily Indicative of Cardiac Health (pres release, Champaign, Ill University of Illinois, March 2 2000) 1-2 Available from http://www.newswise.com/articles/2000/3/CARDIAC.UIL.html. Accessed 2 March 2000

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