Evidence map›Paper›PMID 27981496›Full record

ReviewAdvances in therapy2017

A Review of Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Hypertriglyceridemia: A Focus on High Dose Omega-3 Fatty Acids.

Dean G Karalis

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Review in Advances in therapy, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
20citing papers in PubMed
6.3field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. The Possible Role of Nutraceuticals in the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease.High blood pressure & cardiovascular prevention : the official journal of the Italian Society of Hypertension · 2019
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  19. Hypertriglyceridemia, an Underestimated Cardiovascular Risk Factor: An Epidemiological Study of the Rome Area.High blood pressure & cardiovascular prevention : the official journal of the Italian Society of Hypertension · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Dean G KaralisPerelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. dean.karalis@uphs.upenn.edu.
University of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cardiovascular (CV) disease remains the leading cause of preventable death in the US. Hyperlipidemia is a major modifiable risk factor for CV disease, and after numerous clinical trials have demonstrated that reductions in low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol with statin therapy can prevent major adverse CV events, statins have emerged as the drug of choice to lower LDL cholesterol and reduce CV risk. However, some statin-treated patients remain at high residual risk of CV events despite achieving low LDL cholesterol levels, especially if their triglyceride (TG) levels are elevated or their high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels low. Evidence from genetic and observational studies has linked elevated TG levels to an increased risk of CV events. Furthermore, very high TG levels are associated with acute pancreatitis. Consequently, several clinical practice guidelines provide recommendations for the management and treatment of high and very high TG levels. This review focuses on the clinical practice guidelines for the management of hypertriglyceridemia and the role of prescription omega-3 fatty acids in preventing pancreatitis and CV disease in individuals with high and very high TG levels.

Indexed as

HypertriglyceridemiaPancreatitisCardiovascular DiseasesFatty Acids, Omega-3HumansHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsPractice Guidelines as TopicFatty Acids, Omega-3Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsCoronary artery diseaseHypertriglyceridemiaOmega-3 fatty acidsPancreatitis

Identifiers

PMID27981496
PMCPMC5331085
OpenAlexW2560923512

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