Hypertriglyceridemia: A too long unfairly neglected major cardiovascular risk factor

Cardiovascular Diabetology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Tenenbaum, Alexander ^a,b,c   Klempfner, Robert ^a,b   Fisman, Enrique Z ^b,c  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Cardiovascular Diabetology Research Foundation   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk; Cholesterol; Fibrates; Hypertriglyceridemia; Insulin resistance; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity; Statins; Triglycerides; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; CHOLESTEROL;

ATHEROGENESIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DYSLIPIDEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; ANIMAL; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; HUMANS; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; HYPOLIPIDEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84924333440     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12933-014-0159-y     Document Type: Review

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