Hypertriglyceridaemia and risk of coronary artery disease

Nature Reviews Cardiology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 401-411

  Reiner, Željko ^a  

^a KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIPOGENE TIPARVOVEC; ATORVASTATIN; BEZAFIBRATE; EVINACUMAB; FENOFIBRATE; GEMFIBROZIL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; ICOSABUTATE; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PEMAFIBRATE; PRADIGASTAT; SIMVASTATIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VOLANESORSEN; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT;

CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTHY LIFESTYLE; HUMAN; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LIPID METABOLISM; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; METABOLISM; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; HYPOLIPIDEMIC AGENTS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 85015703707     PISSN: 17595002     EISSN: 17595010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrcardio.2017.31     Document Type: Review

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