A friend of mine in Hong Kong asks me if I know anything about
Coronary Angiogram and C.T. Coronary Angiogram.  I don't and I am
helping him to be enlightened by some of you.
Thank you in advance,

After months of a high protein & fat, 10 eggs (& bacon!) a week, low
carb diet (on which I lost 20 lbs), my total C registered 220. HDL 62,
Triglycerides 64, LDL 146.
If the formula for determining LDL is:  LDL = Total Cholesterol minus

Here is the result of my latest check:
-Cholesterol        249
-LDL Cholesterol        159
-HDL Cholesterol        55

Ten days ago I underwent RF ablation procedure against paroxysmal
Afib. The procedure took place at the San Raffaele of Milan, Italy
hospital, in the Arrhythmology unit managed by Carlo Pappone.
They predicted I "might" suffer from some arrhythmias episodes for up

I read here and there that this may be true. Any cites, thoughts from
knowlegable people? Mine is borderline low -- 13. 50 year old WM with
high cholesterol. Wondering about cause and effect and treatment.

How fast and for how long do I need to get my heart beats up. (50 year
old white male.) Any other thoughts on this type of test?

http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Dec05/salmon.ssl.html
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ChronicleONLINE
Dec. 22, 2005

My mother ( age 67 ) has mild aortic valve stenosis. She wants to start
exercise program.
Is it too dangerous for her ? ( walking + cycling ).
Regards, Ranko

My husband had a heart attack 3 weeks ago.  He is diabetic and also has
kidney disease.  Creatinine level is 3.9.  They need to do a cardiac
catheter/arteriogram to determine if there are blockages, but are
worried about increasing kidney damage to point that he would become

I'm past the six month point since my stent implants and since then I
jumped back on a road bike (best 800 bucks I ever dropped), I'm down 37
pounds. I've been feeling great but have a few post stent questions for
all my fellow Cardiology friends out there. Before I had the stents ...

 Hey just because some one calls you names it is no reason to
disappear.  Your posts are an attempt to help someone.  This is worthy
in my opinion. Sure you can lighten up on your references to  a book or
two.  I can lighten up with the poor poetry.

Awhile back, there was discussion on this topic, with statin-induced
lowering of CRP hailed as an advancement.
Some of us concluded that simply disabling the indicator of inflammation
while not reducing the inflammation was folly.  That approach was tantamount

my doc just suggested this to lower cholesterol. Any thoughts? Does it
matter if I go rice or palm oil? I always thought palm oil was bad for
the heart, like the non-darily coffee creamer and stuff.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/22/health/22diabetes.html
Diabetes Study Verifies Lifesaving Tactic
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By GINA KOLATA

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