FISHing for the miracle of eicosapentaenoic acid

JJP Kastelein, ESG Stroes - New England Journal of Medicine, 2019 - Mass Medical Soc
JJP Kastelein, ESG Stroes
New England Journal of Medicine, 2019Mass Medical Soc
Bhatt et al. report in the Journal the results of the Reduction of Cardiovascular Events with
Icosapent Ethyl–Intervention Trial (REDUCE-IT), in which 8179 high-risk patients who had
elevated triglyceride levels and had been receiving statin therapy were randomly assigned
to receive 2 g of icosapent ethyl twice daily or placebo containing mineral oil. 1 The patients
were enrolled mostly on the basis of secondary prevention (71%), and almost 60% had
diabetes. At baseline, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels were well controlled …
Bhatt et al. report in the Journal the results of the Reduction of Cardiovascular Events with Icosapent Ethyl–Intervention Trial (REDUCE-IT), in which 8179 high-risk patients who had elevated triglyceride levels and had been receiving statin therapy were randomly assigned to receive 2 g of icosapent ethyl twice daily or placebo containing mineral oil.1 The patients were enrolled mostly on the basis of secondary prevention (71%), and almost 60% had diabetes. At baseline, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels were well controlled among the patients (median value, 75.0 mg per deciliter [1.94 mmol per liter]), and triglyceride levels were slightly elevated (median . . .
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