Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Hyperlipidemia is abnormally high levels of any or all lipids (e.g. fats, triglycerides, cholesterol, phospholipids) or lipoproteins in the blood. [2] 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. [ 3 ]
Hypercholesterolemia, also called high cholesterol, is the presence of high levels of cholesterol in the blood. [1] It is a form of hyperlipidemia (high levels of lipids in the blood), hyperlipoproteinemia (high levels of lipoproteins in the blood), and dyslipidemia (any abnormalities of lipid and lipoprotein levels in the blood).
Hyperlipidemia, hypolipidemia Dyslipidemia is a metabolic disorder characterized by abnormally high or low amounts of any or all lipids (e.g. fats , triglycerides , cholesterol , phospholipids ) or lipoproteins in the blood . [ 1 ]
This is a shortened version of the third chapter of the ICD-9: Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases, and Immunity Disorders.It covers ICD codes 240 to 279.The full chapter can be found on pages 145 to 165 of Volume 1, which contains all (sub)categories of the ICD-9.
395.9 Other and unspecified; 396 Diseases of mitral and aortic valves; 397 Diseases of other endocardial structures. 397.0 Diseases of tricuspid valve; 397.1 Rheumatic diseases of pulmonary valve; 397.9 Rheumatic diseases of endocardium, valve unspecified; 398 Other rheumatic heart disease. 398.0 Rheumatic myocarditis; 398.9 Other and unspecified
Hyperlipidemia is the presence of elevated or abnormal levels of lipids and/or lipoproteins in the blood. Lipid and lipoprotein abnormalities are extremely common in the general population, and are regarded as a highly modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease. In addition, some forms may predispose to acute pancreatitis.
Reviewed by Dietitian Emily Lachtrupp, M.S., RDReviewed by Dietitian Emily Lachtrupp, M.S., RD. Breakfast has been declared the most important meal of the day, and for good reason. A quality ...
Many lipid storage disorders can be classified into the subgroup of sphingolipidoses, as they relate to sphingolipid metabolism. Members of this group include Niemann-Pick disease, Fabry disease, Krabbe disease, Gaucher disease, Tay–Sachs disease, metachromatic leukodystrophy, multiple sulfatase deficiency, and Farber disease.