Triglycerides and vascular risk: Insights from epidemiological data and interventional studies

Current Drug Targets

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 320-327

  Tziomalos, Konstantinos ^a   Athyros, Vasilios G ^b   Karagiannis, Asterios ^b   Kolovou, Genovefa D ^c   Mikhailidis, Dimitri P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Fibrates; Nicotinic acid; Statins; Triglyceride; Vascular risk

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; BEZAFIBRATE; COLESTIPOL; EZETIMIBE; FENOFIBRATE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NICOTINIC ACID DERIVATIVE; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PIOGLITAZONE; PRAVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

APHERESIS; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE 1; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SLOW RELEASE FORMULATION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 65549105837     PISSN: 13894501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138945009787846425     Document Type: Review

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