Chylomicrons: When you can't direct the wind, adjust the sail
Relegated to a lipid specialist's realm and the need for specialized laboratory testing, the diagnosis of chylomicronemia is one that is unfamiliar to most physicians. The complex diagnostic possibilities, from rare monogenic disorders to the cumulative effects of genetic predisposition, poor lifestyle, disglycemia and obesity, coupled with the lack of diagnostic capabilities in most clinical laboratories (ultracentrifugation, high-performance liquid chromatography) have made the diagnosis of severe hypertriglyceridemia fraught with therapeutic uncertainties.
Source: Atherosclerosis - Category: Cardiology Authors: Latifah Alothman, Jacques Genest Tags: Editorial Source Type: research