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I sometimes have pain in my chest and back my ekg is normal bp 120/90 but my blood test reveal high cholesterol ldl and trigli.. my causes my pain..
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Coronary artery dis: Get the high lipids treated. Ask your doctor to measure hscrp in your blood, and also get your doctor to check a coronary calcification score. This will determine if the pain is probably cardiac in nature. Further tests might include a ct angiogram of the heart. Cj glueck md.
Answered 7/29/2016
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