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What Is Hyperlipidemia? Hyperlipidemia is a medical condition that is characterized by excessive amounts of fatty substances such as cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood of an individual. Hyperlipidemia is often also known as hyperlipoproteinemia as fatty substances are often found attached to the proteins in the bloodstream.
Article updated and reviewed by Hubert Chen, MD, Associate Director of Medical Sciences, Amgen Inc. and Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine University of California, San Francisco on May 17, 2005. Hyperlipidemia is an excess of fatty substances called lipids, largely cholesterol and triglycerides, in the blood. It is also called hyperlipoproteinemia because these fatty substances travel in the blood attached to proteins. This is the only way that these fatty substances can remain dissolved while in circulation.