Slippery Slope of Triglycerides: They Are Associated With Risk, But in the Statin Era, Does Targeting Them Confer Benefit?

Affiliations

¹ From the Division of Cardiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles. KWatson@mednet.ucla.edu.
² From the Division of Cardiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles.

Editorial

Karol E Watson et al. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2016 Mar.

. 2016 Mar;9(2):97-9.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.116.002675. Epub 2016 Mar 8.

¹ From the Division of Cardiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles. KWatson@mednet.ucla.edu.
² From the Division of Cardiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles.

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Keywords: Editorials; cholesterol; risk factor; survival rate; triglycerides.

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Elevated Triglyceride Level Is Independently Associated With Increased All-Cause Mortality in Patients With Established Coronary Heart Disease: Twenty-Two-Year Follow-Up of the Bezafibrate Infarction Prevention Study and Registry.
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