Niacin After Coronary Bypass Grafting and for Coronary Disease Prevention
Author(s) -
William Barclay Parsons
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.104.2.e7
Subject(s) - niacin , medicine , cholesterol , coronary artery disease , bypass grafting , cardiology , triglyceride , lipoprotein , artery , endocrinology
The editorial by Waters and Azar1 that appeared in the July 11, 2000, issue of Circulation summarized reasons for more aggressive cholesterol-lowering therapy both after coronary bypass grafting and for the primary and secondary prevention of coronary disease. In the same issue, Lemieux et al2 suggested triglyceride determinations and waist measurements for the atherogenic metabolic triad in men. In the preceding issue, Haffner3 suggested the possibility of using fibrates “to attempt to reduce triglyceride levels and …
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