Shamsul Azhar Shah

Association Between Total Cholesterol and In-Hospital Mortality Among First-Episode Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients: Multilevel Analysis from NCVD-ACS Registry

Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of mortality worldwide, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Although elevated cholesterol is a well-established modifiable risk factor for atherosclerotic CVD, the phenomenon known as the “cholesterol paradox” has raised uncertainty regard...