How is it done?

Lipid management is conducted by a team headed by a preventive cardiologist along the support of a nutritionist (dietician), a physiatrist (doctor in physical medicine), and a psychologist (who may be required for motivating a patient to adopt healthy practices that bring down your cholesterol levels).

The preventive cardiologist
(i) Assesses the severity of lipid abnormalities, if any.
(ii) Ascertains the cause of lipid abnormalities.
(iii) Prescribes medicine for lipid lowering, if needed.
(iv) Refers the patient to the nutritionist, physiatrist, or psychologist, as appropriate.
(v) Calls the patient for a follow-up, if necessary.

How to avail it?
Lipid management may be availed by a two step process:

Step 1:
Come for a lipid profile test. This is a blood test, for which, no appointment is needed. Just walk in, overnight fasting, on any working day at 8.30 a.m. and report to biochemistry laboratory and ask for a lipid profile test. If you also have diabetes, a fasting and a post-prandial blood glucose (sugar) should be done concurrently, unless you already have a recent blood sugar report with you. If you wish to have some other tests also (for example a treadmill test or angiography), it is preferable to first make an appointment with Dr. Peeyush . Jain, Head of Department, Preventive and Rehabilitative Cardiology, to assess the need and safety for such tests.

Step 2
Make an appointment with Dr. Peeyush Jain to get advice based on your reports. The appointment should be taken for the next day (or any other convenient day) after giving the blood sample for lipid profile. The appointment may be fixed by contacting the appointment desk when you visit for the lipid profile test.