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Cardiovascular Risk Reduction with Icosapent Ethyl for Hypertriglyceridemia
Author(s) -
Deepak L. Bhatt,
Philippe Gabríel Steg,
Michael Miller,
Eliot A. Brinton,
Terry A. Jacobson,
Steven Ketchum,
Ralph T. Doyle,
Rebecca A. Juliano,
Lixia Jiao,
Craig Granowitz,
JeanClaude Tardif,
Christie M. Ballantyne
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1812792
Subject(s) - hypertriglyceridemia , reduction (mathematics) , medicine , cardiology , triglyceride , cholesterol , geometry , mathematics
Patients with elevated triglyceride levels are at increased risk for ischemic events. Icosapent ethyl, a highly purified eicosapentaenoic acid ethyl ester, lowers triglyceride levels, but data are needed to determine its effects on ischemic events.

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