DOI: 10.1097/MOL.0000000000000029

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PMID: 24231280

Issn Print: 0957-9672

Publication Date: 2013/12/01


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Choice of medical therapy to lower triglycerides in those at risk of pancreatitis

David Preiss; Naveed Sattar

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The relationship between triglyceride levels and cardiovascular risk remains complex with large, high-quality epidemiological studies indicating that triglyceride levels do not predict risk beyond other lipids and usual classical risk factors [1], whereas studies of genetic polymorphisms suggest that triglycerides-related pathways may indeed have a causal factor [2]. Statin therapy remains first-line therapy for cardiovascular risk reduction regardless of triglyceride levels [3].

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