What is the difference between dyslipidemia and atherosclerosis?

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What is the difference between dyslipidemia and atherosclerosis?

Dyslipidemia describes abnormal lipid levels in the blood, such as high LDL cholesterol or triglycerides or low HDL cholesterol. Atherosclerosis is the disease of the arteries in which plaques—made up of lipids, inflammatory cells, calcium, and fibrous tissue—build up in the arterial walls, narrowing the lumen and potentially rupturing to cause events like heart attack or stroke. Dyslipidemia is a systemic lipid abnormality that promotes the development of atherosclerotic plaques, but they are not the same thing: one is a blood lipid disorder, the other is a localized arterial disease process driven in large part by that lipid imbalance.

Dyslipidemia describes abnormal lipid levels in the blood, such as high LDL cholesterol or triglycerides or low HDL cholesterol. Atherosclerosis is the disease of the arteries in which plaques—made up of lipids, inflammatory cells, calcium, and fibrous tissue—build up in the arterial walls, narrowing the lumen and potentially rupturing to cause events like heart attack or stroke. Dyslipidemia is a systemic lipid abnormality that promotes the development of atherosclerotic plaques, but they are not the same thing: one is a blood lipid disorder, the other is a localized arterial disease process driven in large part by that lipid imbalance.

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