hyperlipidemia
Sign in to saveHyperlipidemia is abnormally high levels of any or all lipids (e.g. fats, triglycerides, cholesterol, phospholipids) or lipoproteins in the blood. The term hyperlipidemia refers to the laboratory finding itself and is also used as an umbrella term covering any of various acquired or genetic disorders that result in that finding. Hyperlipidemia represents a subset of dyslipidemia and a superset of hypercholesterolemia. Hyperlipidemia is usually chronic and requires ongoing medication to control blood lipid levels.
Key facts
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- Hyperlipidemia
- Medical condition (new).synonyms
- Hyperlipoproteinemia, hyperlipidaemia
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- A 4-ml sample of hyperlipidemic blood in a vacutainer with EDTA. The lipids separated into the top fraction after being left to settle for four hours without centrifugation.
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- Cardiology
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- Hypertriglyceridemia
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- Signs and symptoms
- Causes
- Classification
- Familial (primary)
- Type I
- Type II
- Type IIa
- Type IIb
- Type III
- Type IV
- Type V
- Unclassified familial forms
- Acquired (secondary)
- Screening and diagnosis
- Total cholesterol
- LDL cholesterol
- HDL cholesterol
- Triglycerides
- Screening age
- Screening frequency
- Management
- Lifestyle Modification
- HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors
- Fibric acid derivatives
- Niacin
- Bile acid binding resins
- Sterol absorption inhibitors
- PCSK9 inhibitors
- Prognosis
- Relation to cardiovascular disease
- Prevention
- See also
- References
- External links
Hyperlipidemia is abnormally high levels of any or all lipids (e.g. fats, triglycerides, cholesterol, phospholipids) or lipoproteins in the blood. The term hyperlipidemia refers to the laboratory finding itself and is also used as an umbrella term covering any of various acquired or genetic disorders that result in that finding. Hyperlipidemia represents a subset of dyslipidemia and a superset of hypercholesterolemia. Hyperlipidemia is usually chronic and requires ongoing medication to control blood lipid levels.
Lipids (water-insoluble molecules) are transported in a protein capsule. The size of that capsule, or lipoprotein, determines its density. The lipoprotein density and type of apolipoproteins it contains determines the fate of the particle and its influence on metabolism.