On 3/7/2019 5:05 PM, Bruce wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Mar 2019 16:50:38 -0500, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>> On 2019-03-07 2:55 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>>> On 3/7/2019 1:58 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>>>> My cholesterol level was fine 8 years ago, but it turned out that I
>>>> had an almost complete blockage in my left main coronary artery.
>>>> Just saying...
>>>
>>> Yes, we all know about your heart problems.Â* If I'm going to have a
>>> heart attack it probably won't be because I eat the occasional steak.
>>
>>
>> It is not about my heart problem. It's about the fact that my
>> cholesterol level was fine. It was well within the accepted level. My
>> brother's level was also fine when he had a heart attack. We both
>> thought that he had nothing to worry about because our cholesterol
>> levels were fine.
>
> I thought two factors were important here. Cholesterol and blood
> pressure. Either can cause serious problems.
>
Much more to it than those two items. My wife has good cholesterol and
blood pressure but has had plenty of other heart problems for the past
18 years and many procedures.