The editor's roundtable: hypertriglyceridemia.

The Editor's Round Table: Current Perspectives on Triglycerides and Atherosclerosis.

Despite several decades of research about triglycerides and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, controversy still surrounds the question whether triglycerides are more than a biomarker and play a direct causative role in atherogenesis. In this Editor’s Roundtable, a panel of leading lipid experts was invited to address this question and several closely related issues about triglycerides, in...

The editor's roundtable: advances in stem cell therapy for treatment of cardiovascular disease.

The first clinical trials of stem cell (SC) treatment for cardiac disease in humans, using autologous bone marrow cell transplantation in patients with severe chronic heart failure (HF), were reported in 2002 (using the intracoronary injection route) and in 2003 (using the intramyocardial injection route). Since those initial reports, numerous additional clinical SC trials have been conducted i...

The editor's roundtable: pathophysiology and management of hyponatremia and the role of vasopressin antagonists.

Dr. Friedewald is a consultant for AstraZeneca, Wilmington, Delaware. Dr. Emmett has no relevant financial relationships to disclose. Dr. Gheorghiade has received compensation for speaking, advising, consulting, and providing educational programs from Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Illinois; Astellas Pharma US, Inc., Deerfield, Illinois; AstraZeneca; Bayer Schering Pharma, Pittsburgh, Pennsy...

Familial hypertriglyceridemia-induced acute necrotizing pancreatitis: A case report

Acutepancreatitis can infrequently be a life-threatening complication of hypertriglyceridemia. Rarely, hypertriglyceridemia can originate from an inborn genetic error in lipoproteins metabolism. This condition can be manifested by very high serum triglyceride levels (>1000 mg/dl) and a more severe and lethal form of pancreatitis. Here, we present a case of acute pancreatic which was found out t...

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