The Relationship Between LDL Cholesterol and Heart Disease

LDL cholesterol tracks with heart disease directly. Because it accurately tracks Apo B. Right, and Apo B is the bad guy. So in terms of numbers that you like to see on H, well, we can forget HDL, but on LDL cholesterol, what is a good number? Well it is, and it really determined,. We use LDL cholesterol or Apo B for two reasons: You ascertain cardiovascular risk, atherogenic cardiovascular risk, and then once we ascertain, my God, you're at high or very high risk, we want to lower it. Then Apo B or LDL C is used as a goal of therapy, how well is your therapeutic suggestion working? That's