Cholesterol levels are important to monitor in people with coronary disease, but aren't the only risk factors. HealthMaker Jeff Olgin, MD, a cardiologist at UCSF, describes the role of cholesterol related to heart disease in this video.
Very important, but there is nothing in medicine that we do where it's, everything is not isolated. So cholesterol levels that are a little bit lower, but still high are far more important in people who have other risk factors for coronary disease.
Jeff Olgin, MD, is a cardiologist and a cardiac electrophysiologist at UCSF. He discusses how heart disease treatment has evolved.
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