Author: Samia Mora and Børge Nordestgaard // Date: MAY.18.2009 // Source: Clinical Chemistry Topics: Analytes, Test Utilization, Lab Developed Tests Listen to the Clinical Chemistry Podcast Article Samia Mora, Nader Rifai, Julie E Buring, and Paul M Ridker. Comparison of LDL Cholesterol Concentrations by Friedewald Calculation and Direct Measurement in Relation to Cardiovascular Events in 27 331 Women. Clin Chem 2009; 55:5 888–894. Guest Dr. Samia Mora is an Internist and Cardiologist at the Division of Cardiovascular Disease at the Brigham and Women's Hospital, and is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Børge Nordestgaard is Chief Physician in Clinical Chemistry at Copenhagen University Hospital and Professor of Genetic Epidemiology at the University of Copenhagen. Transcript [Download pdf]