Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) is the major cholesterol carrying lipoprotein in your blood. LDL apheresis is a procedure that takes blood outside the body to remove the LDL-cholesterol and then returns the plasma and blood back to the body. This procedure is used if diet or lipid-lowering drug therapy has not lowered high LDL-cholesterol levels adequately.

Dr. Amale Lteif pevaluates patients who might e candidates for LDDL apheresis and overseas this procedure which is performed at Spring Mill Indiana University Infusion Center using the LIPOSORBER system.

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