Cholesterol Testing

The Chem Panel with lipids provides testing for Glucose (Diabetes), Kidney function, Fluids and Electrolytes, Minerals and Bone, Liver function and Lipid Profile.

Significant deviations from the normal range may require further evaluation by your physician.

Patient should fast for 12-14 hours before collection of the specimen. Specimens should be collected in the morning since iron values decrease by 30% during the course of the day and there can be significant interference from lipemia. Fasting is defined as no consumption of food or beverage other than water for at least 12 hours before testing. Discuss discontinuing drugs causing increased uric acid concentration include diurectics, pyrazinamide, ethambutol, and nicotinic acid with your primary care physician before testing. Estimated turnaround for results is 3 business days. If confirmation testing is required, the estimated time may be extended.

The Chem Panel (Basic) with lipids provides testing for Glucose (Diabetes), Kidney function, Fluids and Electrolytes, Minerals and Bone, Liver function, Lipid Profile and an Estimated Coronary Heart Disease Risk calculation.

Patient should fast 12 hours prior to specimen collection. Estimated turnaround for results is 3 business days. If confirmation testing is required, the estimated time may be extended.

The Lipid Profile will provide you with detailed information about your cholesterol and related chemistries that affect heart health.
Significant deviations from the normal range may require further evaluation by your physician.

Alternative Name(s):
Cholesterol, HDL,Fasting Lipids,Cholesterol, LDL

Patient should fast for 12-14 hours prior to collection of the specimen. Estimated turnaround for results is 3 business days. If confirmation testing is required, the estimated time may be extended.

The Lipid Panel will provide you with detailed information about your cholesterol and related chemistries that affect heart health. Significant deviations from the normal range may require further evaluation by your physician.

Patient should fast for 12-14 hours before collection of the specimen. Estimated turnaround for results is 3 business days. If confirmation testing is required, the estimated time may be extended.

Evaluation of hyperlipidemia as an index to coronary artery disease.

Patient should fast for 12-14 hours before collection of the specimen. Estimated turnaround for results is 3 business days. If confirmation testing is required, the estimated time may be extended.

Evaluation of hyperlipidemia as an index to coronary artery disease. The Lipid Panel With LDL:HDL Ratio is the same test as the Lipid Panel, with the addition of the LDL:HDL ratio, and will provide you with detailed information about your cholesterol and related chemistries that affect heart health.
Significant deviations from the normal range may require further evaluation by your physician.

Patient should fast for 12-14 hours before collection of the specimen. Estimated turnaround for results is 3 business days. If confirmation testing is required, the estimated time may be extended.

Significant deviations from the normal range may require further evaluation by your physician.

Patient should fast for 12-14 hours before collection of the specimen. Fasting is defined as no consumption of food or beverage other than water for at least 12 hours before testing. Estimated turnaround for results is 3 business days. If confirmation testing is required, the estimated time may be extended.

Significant deviations from the normal range may require further evaluation by your physician.

Patient should fast for 12-14 hours before collection of the specimen. Estimated turnaround for results is 3 business days. If confirmation testing is required, the estimated time may be extended.

Measurement of lipoprotein (a) is now recommended in several patient subgroups for whom excess lipoprotein (a) may have important clinical consequences: (1) patients with premature atherosclerosis, (2) patients with a strong family history of premature coronary heart disease (CHD), (3) patients with elevated LDLC and greater than or equal to two risk factors, (4) patients who have had coronary angioplasty in whom lipoprotein (a) excess may increase the risk of restenosis, and (5) patients who have undergone coronary bypass graft surgery in whom Lp(a) excess may be associated with graft stenosis. Elevated concentrations of Lp(a) are associated with increased risk of coronary artery disease.

A significant deviation from the normal range may require further evaluation by your physician.

Alternative Name(s):
Lp (a), Lipoprotein Little a, Lp Little a

No fasting required.

Estimated turnaround for results is 3 business days. If confirmation testing is required, the estimated time may be extended.

Measurement of lipoprotein (a) is now recommended in several patient subgroups for whom excess lipoprotein (a) may have important clinical consequences: (1) patients with premature atherosclerosis, (2) patients with a strong family history of premature coronary heart disease (CHD), (3) patients with elevated LDLC and greater than or equal to two risk factors, (4) patients who have had coronary angioplasty in whom lipoprotein (a) excess may increase the risk of restenosis, and (5) patients who have undergone coronary bypass graft surgery in whom Lp(a) excess may be associated with graft stenosis.

Intake of alcohol, aspirin, niacin, and estrogen supplements have the potential of causing a misrepresentation of true Lp(a) concentrations. Estimated turnaround for results is 3 business days. If confirmation testing is required, the estimated time may be extended.

The advanced lipid profile provides a more comprehensive assessment of dyslipidemia and cardiovascular risk than standard lipid panel measurements.

Significant deviations from the normal range may require further evaluation by your physician.

Fasting is not required prior to collection of a lipid panel. The assay manufacturer Beckman Coulter advises: "N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC), when administered in therapeutic concentrations (for the treatment of acetaminophen overdose), has been determined to interfere with assays for cholesterol, uric acid" where "NAC interference may lead to falsely low results." According to Beckman Coulter, the NAC interference should be insignificant by 12 hours after completion of the initial loading dose of an IV infusion treatment regimen consisting of an initial loading dose of 150 mg/kg administered over 1 hour, a second dose of 50 mg/kg administered over 4 hrs and a third dose of 100 mg/kg administered over 16 hrs. Estimated turnaround for results is 3 business days. If confirmation testing is required, the estimated time may be extended.

The NMR LipoProfile® test is a blood test which has been shown in numerous clinical studies to be superior to LDL-cholesterol in predicting coronary heart disease (CHD) events.

The NMR LipoProfile® test uses NMR spectroscopy to measure the actual number of atherogenic LDL particles that build up in the arteries causing heart disease. By knowing how many of these particles are circulating in the blood, a physician can get a more accurate picture of a patient's heart health and, therefore make better patient care decisions.

Without the technology available through the NMR LipoProfile® test, Physicians merely estimate the number of particles by measuring the cholesterol they contain - known as LDL cholesterol (or LDL-C). Patients with a high number of LDL particles (LDL-P) are at increased risk for heart disease, even if they have "normal" LDL cholesterol levels.

Patient should fast for 12-14 hours before collection of the specimen.

Estimated turnaround for results is 5 business days. If confirmation testing is required, the estimated time may be extended.

The Lipid Profile will provide you with detailed information about your cholesterol and related chemistries that affect heart health. The Ultimate Healthy Heart Cholesterol Profile is our regular Lipid Profile with the addition of cardiac c-reactive protein (CRP).

Significant deviations from the normal range may require further evaluation by your physician.

Patient should fast for 9-12 hours prior to collection of the specimen. Fasting is defined as no consumption of food or beverage other than water for at least 9-12 hours before testing. Estimated turnaround for results is 3 business days. If confirmation testing is required, the estimated time may be extended.

The Lipid Panel will provide you with detailed information about your cholesterol and related chemistries that affect heart health. The Ultimate Healthy Heart Cholesterol Profile is our regular Lipid Panel with the addition of C-Reactive Protein (CRP), High Sensitivity (Cardiac Risk Assessment).

Significant deviations from the normal range may require further evaluation by your physician.

Patient should fast for 12-14 hours before collection of the specimen. Estimated turnaround for results is 3 business days. If confirmation testing is required, the estimated time may be extended.

Significant deviations from the normal range may require further evaluation by your physician.

Fasting is not required prior to collection of a lipid panel. The assay manufacturer Beckman Coulter advises: "N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC), when administered in therapeutic concentrations (for the treatment of acetaminophen overdose), has been determined to interfere with assays for cholesterol, uric acid" where "NAC interference may lead to falsely low results." According to Beckman Coulter, the NAC interference should be insignificant by 12 hours after completion of the initial loading dose of an IV infusion treatment regimen consisting of an initial loading dose of 150 mg/kg administered over 1 hour, a second dose of 50 mg/kg administered over 4 hrs and a third dose of 100 mg/kg administered over 16 hrs.

Estimated turnaround for results is 5 business days. If confirmation testing is required, the estimated time may be extended.

The Ultimate NMR® Healthy Heart Cholesterol Profile provides a more comprehensive coronary heart disease (CHD) risk assessment than the Lipid Profile. The Ultimate NMR® Healthy Heart Cholesterol Profile is our regular NMR LipoProfile® with Insulin Resistance Markers with the addition of C-Reactive Protein (CRP), High Sensitivity (Cardiac Risk Assessment) test and a Lipoprotein (a).

Significant deviations from the normal range may require further evaluation by your physician.

Patient should fast for 12-14 hours before collection of the specimen. Intake of alcohol, aspirin, niacin, and estrogen supplements have the potential of causing a misrepresentation of true Lp(a) concentrations.

Estimated turnaround for results is 5 business days. If confirmation testing is required, the estimated time may be extended.