One more urban legend dies. Since I have been practicing cardiology, now 25 years, I have championed the process of drawing random lipid panels. The lipid panel is the most important non invasive test I have. Most of my patients have coronary artery disease or some other manifestation of cholesterol damage. The guidelines are now stricter than ever, and in my constant striving to practice evidence-based medicine, I require my patients with disease to have a LDL cholesterol of 70 mg/dl or less. The lower the LDL goes, the happier I am. If you do not have any evidence of cholesterol dam
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