Calling your health care provider
- Call your health care provider or go to the emergency room if you have crushing chest pain or other warning signs of heart attacks.
- Call for an appointment with your health care provider if you or family members are found to have elevated total cholesterol levels.
Prevention
Families with a history of familial hypercholesterolemia may benefit from counseling, especially if both parents are affected. Prevention of early heart attacks requires recognition of existing elevated LDL levels, and a low-cholesterol, low-saturated fat, high-unsaturated fat diet in high-risk people may help to control LDL levels.
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