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Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2013 Atherogenic dyslipidemia (AD) refers to elevated levels of triglycerides (TG) and small-dense low-density lipoprotein and low levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C).
C N Manjunath +3 more
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Diabetes Therapy, 2016 Diabetes mellitus is associated with a considerably increased risk of premature atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Intensive glycemic control has essentially failed to significantly improve cardiovascular outcomes in clinical trials. Dyslipidemia is common in diabetes and there is strong evidence that cholesterol lowering improves cardiovascular ...
Schofield, Jonathan D +4 more
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A novel ultrafast-low-dose computed tomography protocol allows concomitant coronary artery evaluation and lung cancer screening [PDF]
, 2018 BACKGROUND:Cardiac computed tomography (CT) is often performed in patients who are at high risk for lung cancer in whom screening is currently recommended.
Bandiera, A +10 more
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Editorial: Secondary Dyslipidemias [PDF]
The Open Cardiovascular Medicine Journal, 2011 The term “secondary dyslipidemias” is used to describe the quantitative and/or qualitative alterations in lipoprotein metabolism that complicate the course of other medical disorders. Although the precise prevalence of secondary dyslipidemias has not been determined, the increasing incidence of the conditions that predispose to their development (such ...
Elisaf, M. S., Tsimihodimos, V.
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Detecting Familial hypercholesterolemia in children and adolescents: potential and challenges
Italian Journal of Pediatrics, 2022 Background It is now well established that atherosclerosis begins in childhood and evolves through adolescence and young adulthood, ultimately resulting in myocardial infarction and stroke in adults.
Giuseppe Banderali +5 more
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Persistent hypertriglyceridemia in statin-treated patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus [PDF]
, 2013 Purpose: This paper reports the results of an audit that assessed the prevalence of residual hypertriglyceridemia and the potential need for intensified management among patients with statin-treated type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in primary care in the ...
Feher, Michael D. +2 more
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Cardiovascular Diabetology, 2018 Background Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9), a major regulator of cholesterol homeostasis, is associated with glucose metabolism. Liraglutide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist, can increase insulin secretion in a glucose ...
Sheng-Hua Yang +13 more
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Journal of Translational Medicine, 2018 Background Patients with monogenic familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) have high risk for coronary artery disease (CAD). A recent FH Expert Panel suggested that FH was underdiagnosed and undertreated which needs early diagnosis.
Ye-Xuan Cao +12 more
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Relation between cost of drug treatment and body mass index in people with type 2 diabetes in Latin America [PDF]
, 2017 Aims Despite the frequent association of obesity with type 2 diabetes (T2D), the effect of the former on the cost of drug treatment of the latest has not been specifically addressed.
Enzo Rucci +5 more
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The association of statin use after cancer diagnosis with survival in pancreatic cancer patients: a SEER-medicare analysis. [PDF]
, 2015 BackgroundPancreatic cancer has poor prognosis and existing interventions provide a modest benefit. Statin has anti-cancer properties that might enhance survival in pancreatic cancer patients.
Cook-Wiens, Galen +6 more
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