| If you are a patient age 18 through 75 who was hospitalized
and discharged between mm/dd/yy and mm/dd/yy with an acute myocardial infarction (AMI),
coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), or percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
(PTCA) and does not receive a screening for LDL-C on or between 60 and 365 days after
discharge, click here to schedule an appointment with your primary care physician to have
the screening for LDL-C. According to the recent studies, unhealthy blood cholesterol
levels are a major risk factor for heart disease--the number one killer of American men
and women. A desirable “total cholesterol” reading is less than 200 mg. LDL-C is
the “bad cholesterol” because it deposits cholesterol in the artery walls. It is
recommended to keep this number under 130 mg/dl. |
