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ReviewTherapeutics and clinical risk management2014

Icosapent ethyl for the treatment of severe hypertriglyceridemia.

Hassan Fares, Carl J Lavie, James J DiNicolantonio, James H O'Keefe, Richard V Milani

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Review in Therapeutics and clinical risk management, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Hassan FaresDepartment of Hospital Medicine, Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, LA, USA.
Carl J LavieDepartment of Cardiovascular Diseases, John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinical School, University of Queensland School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA ; Department of Preventive Medicine, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.
James J DiNicolantonioMid America Heart Institute at Saint Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, MO, USA.
James H O'KeefeMid America Heart Institute, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, USA.
Richard V MilaniDepartment of Cardiovascular Diseases, John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinical School, University of Queensland School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA.
Missouri Heart Center · USOchsner Medical Center · USPennington Biomedical Research Center · USSaint Luke's Hospital · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hypertriglyceridemia is a highly prevalent lipid abnormality and it is associated with atherosclerosis, with a growing body of evidence linking elevated triglycerides (TGs) with cardiovascular disease. The current major omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA)/docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) combination, lowers serum TGs while often increasing levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. Icosapent ethyl is an omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid with a 96% pure ethyl ester of EPA that has been recently approved for lowering TG levels in patients with very high TGs (≥500 mg/dL), and it does so without significantly affecting serum low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. The potential benefits of omega-3 fatty acid therapy for dyslipidemias will be discussed, including the potential pros and cons of EPA alone versus the more common and readily available EPA/DHA combination therapy.

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docosahexaenoic acideicosapentaenoic acidlow-density lipoproteintriglycerides

Identifiers

PMID25028554
PMCPMC4077874
OpenAlexW2037380783

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