When people with heart disease are first admitted to the hospital, their 'bad' cholesterol is usually around 105, which is higher than what doctors now recommend.

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Lipid levels in patients hospitalized with coronary artery disease: an analysis of 136,905 hospitalizations in Get With The Guidelines.

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2009 Jan

The study found that on average, people admitted to the hospital with heart disease had cholesterol levels much higher than the recommended safe level, and most of them weren’t even taking medicine to lower it.

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Lipid levels in patients hospitalized with coronary artery disease: an analysis of 136,905 hospitalizations in Get With The Guidelines.

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DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2008.08.010

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