Cholesterol Disorders

Cholesterol disorders can lead to long-term problems and increase the risk of coronary artery disease and heart attack. Cholesterol disorders are also “silent killers” but can be detected through blood tests.

It is important to find out what your cholesterol numbers are because lowering cholesterol levels that are too high lessens the risk for developing heart disease and reduces the chance of a heart attack or dying of heart disease, even if you already have it. Cholesterol lowering is important for everyone – younger, middle age, and older adults; women and men; and people with or without heart disease.

For more information, visit the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute.