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Product Name: NMR LipoProfile
Description: The NMR LipoProfile test is an advanced cardiovascular diagnostic test that uses nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy to uniquely provide rapid, simultaneous and direct measurement of LDL particle number and size of LDL particles, as well as direct measurement of HDL and VLDL subclasses. This detailed lipoprotein particle information allows clinicians to make more effective individualized treatment decisions than previously possible based on standard lipid panel testing. The atherosclerotic culprit is LDL particle number, not LDL cholesterol. Physicians have traditionally estimated the number of particles by measuring the cholesterol they contain - known as LDL cholesterol (or LDL-C). The NMR LipoProfile test is a blood test which has been shown in numerous clinical studies to be superior to LDL-cholesterol in predicting coronary heart disease (CHD) events. No doctors order required, no additional costs. Blood Draw required at a nearby lab. You recieve a copy of the results. NOT AVAILABLE IN NEW YORK OR CALIFORNIA.
Cholesterol alone only gives you half the picture of your risk for a heart attack. Get the test the Wall Street Journal called one of the most "promising screening tests [that] could save your life." The NMR LipoProfile test is the only way to be sure.
The NMR LipoProfile test differentiates CHD risk in patients who may have similar cholesterol values, especially when the LDL cholesterol is at or near ATP III treatment goals.
Thanks to new research, we understand that heart disease, or the blocking of arteries, is caused by lipoproteins. Lipoproteins are particles or containers in the blood that carry cholesterol.
Think of heart disease as a traffic jam with particles as cars and cholesterol as passengers. It's the number of cars that cause the traffic jam, not the number of passengers. Just as cars cause the traffic jam, particles cause heart disease.