Carotid intimamedia thickness in patients with severe hypertriglyceridemia

CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that extreme TG elevations in severe HTG patients are not significantly associated with carotid IMT, in contrast to the increased IMT seen in FH patients. These findings add perspective to the complex relationship between severe HTG and ASCVD risk.PMID:38694144 | PMC:PMC11060956 | DOI:10.1016/j.athplu.2024.04.001

Source: Atherosclerosis - May 2, 2024 Category: Cardiology Authors: Maud Ahmad Brooke A Kennedy Surim Son Adam D McIntyre Julieta Lazarte Jian Wang Robert A Hegele Source Type: research