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Traditional lipid testing fails to detect cardiovascular disease in its early stages. A 2009 study showed that 50 percent of patients hospitalized for coronary events have normal levels of traditional markers of LDL cholesterol. Coronary artery disease is the result of inflammation, oxidative stress involving free radical formation and autoimmune damage to your coronaries. There are about 200 risk factors for coronary artery disease. Covered in this series will be advanced lipid testing, genetic testing, and hypertension as a side effect of damage occurring in the blood vessels. Ways to a
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