Advance cardiovascular risk stratification

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Why is standard lipid testing still the gold standard for risk stratification when better, more predictive biomarkers are available?

Lipid Disorders
Particle Size Analysis
Risk Factor Analysis
Kenneth Johnson MD, MBA FACC
76 months ago

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Lipid profiling is commonly followed for the routine evaluation because of the high correlations of hypercholesterolemia and hypertriglyceridemia and CVD. Also, the cost for other biomarker testing makes lipid profiling a better, robust and most economical approach cor risk stratification.

Sandeep Varma
76 months ago

Have some input?