Heart Disease: Unconventional Prevention Quiz

Sadly, many of the most effective strategies for prevention, even reversal, of coronary disease will not be found in standard discussions of heart disease prevention. Take our quiz to find out specific steps you can take now to prevent dire problems later.

Standard cholesterol testing is sufficient to detect possible arterial/heart conditions.

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Question 1 of 5

(0 out of 1) Incorrect! Standard cholesterol panels all too often fail to identify the full extent of coronary plaque causes. A superior approach is to identify and quantify all sources of cardiovascular risk. This means lipoprotein testing to look for such plaque causes as small LDL, Lp(a), and IDL. (There are several methods available to you and your doctor, such as NMR from Liposcience, Inc; electropheresis from Berkeley HeartLab, Inc.; and VAP from Atherotech.) Lipoprotein testing makes the causes of heart disease clear, even obvious, where standard cholesterol testing fails. Continue Quiz >

(1 out of 1) Correct! Standard cholesterol panels all too often fail to identify the full extent of coronary plaque causes. A superior approach is to identify and quantify all sources of cardiovascular risk. This means lipoprotein testing to look for such plaque causes as small LDL, Lp(a), and IDL. (There are several methods available to you and your doctor, such as NMR from Liposcience, Inc; electropheresis from Berkeley HeartLab, Inc.; and VAP from Atherotech.) Lipoprotein testing makes the causes of heart disease clear, even obvious, where standard cholesterol testing fails. Continue Quiz >