Rader - Figure 2 - Patient Case
Figure 2 shows the results of an initial assessment of a patient with severe hypercholesterolemia: this individual is a 34-year-old male who has no known cardiovascular disease (CVD). His mother died suddenly with a myocardial infarction (MI) at age 54 years; her lipid levels were not known. His father recently had bypass surgery at age 62, and his chart LDL-C level was 172 mg/dL. At presentation the patient\'s baseline lipid levels (mg/dL) were total cholesterol (TC) 394, LDL-C 334, high-density lipoprotein choleseterol (HDL-C) 36, and triglycerides 120 - all indicating a patient with severe hypercholesterolemia.
Rader
J Clin Lipidol.
2012;
