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What Is LDL Cholesterol?

What Is LDL Cholesterol? (0:26)

Cardiovascular specialist Merle Myerson, MD, explains the definition of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol. Watch Dr. Myerson's video for important tips and information about heart health.

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There's three kinds of cholesterol numbers or lipid numbers more accurately. The good cholesterol, the bad cholesterol and something called triglycerides. So, LDL cholesterol is the bad cholesterol. That's the cholesterol that can build up in your arteries and the arteries in your heart, the coronary arteries in your brain and also throughout your body and build a plaque which is AstroSclerosis.