Berkeley HeartLab (BHL) provides proprietary LDL and HDL tests, as well as 20 other tests associated with cardiovascular disease. These test results, combined with BHL's disease management tools, enable development of a comprehensive baseline of patient risk for cardiovascular disease. Results also allow determination of:
- Whom to treat
- How aggressively to treat
- Effective monitoring of patients' progress
Who Needs A Berkeley?
If you have two or more of the following, then you should consider having a Berkeley done:
- Have heart disease or have had a heart attack (This counts as two!)
- Family history of heart disease or heart attack before the age of 50
- Total cholesterol > 200mg/dL
- LDL cholesterol > 130 mg/dL (the bad cholesterol) or, if you have had a heart attack, LDL cholesterol > 100 mg/dL
- Triglycerides > 140 mg/dL
- HDL cholesterol < 40 mg/dL (the good cholesterol)
- Systolic blood pressure (the top number) > 140 mmHg
- Diastolic blood pressure (the bottom number) > 90 mmHg
- Diabetes (This counts as two!)
- Obesity
- Cigarette smoker
- Physical Inactivity