Letter by jones et al regarding article, "elevated remnant cholesterol causes both low-grade inflammation and ischemic heart disease, whereas elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol causes ischemic heart disease without inflammation"

Circulation

Volumn 129, Issue 24, 2014, Pages

  Jones, Steven R ^a   Martin, Seth S ^a   Brinton, Eliot A ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Utah Lipid Center and Utah Foundation for Biomedical Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ATHEROGENESIS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LIPOPROTEINS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84902472850     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.005954     Document Type: Letter

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