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The most important Heart Risk Factor you've never heard of #ApoB #ApolipoproteinB #ApoBTest #shorts

23 Sept 2023 · 1 min

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A short educational YouTube clip by Anne Truong MD explaining that atherosclerotic "waxy" plaque in blood vessels is composed of LDL (and VLDL-related particles) and that apolipoprotein B (APOB) binds to LDL and VLDL. The speaker states APOB is a better indicator of cardiovascular risk than a traditional cholesterol lipid panel because it measures the number of atherogenic particles directly.

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When you have cardiovascular disease, where the blood vessel has this waxy plaque that's stuck on the side of it and blood can't flow through. And that waxy plaque is LDL and bldl. And what's interesting is that APOB protein bind to the LDL and the vldl. So it's actually. APOB is considered a better indicator of cardiovascular risk than your traditional cholesterol lipid panel test because it directly measures the number of atherogenic particles in your blood.