[Are high levels of HDL always associated with a reduced risk of myocardial infarction? - lipid therapy should still focus on lowering LDL cholesterol levels]

Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 2012 Oct;137(43):2200. doi: 10.1055/s-0032-1329023. Epub 2012 Oct 17.
[Article in German]
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Anticholesteremic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Cholesterol, HDL / blood*
  • Cholesterol, LDL / blood*
  • Humans
  • Hypercholesterolemia / blood*
  • Hypercholesterolemia / epidemiology*
  • Hypercholesterolemia / genetics
  • Hypercholesterolemia / prevention & control
  • Lipase / genetics
  • Myocardial Infarction / blood*
  • Myocardial Infarction / epidemiology*
  • Myocardial Infarction / genetics
  • Myocardial Infarction / prevention & control
  • Odds Ratio
  • Polymorphism, Genetic
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide / genetics
  • Risk

Substances

  • Anticholesteremic Agents
  • Cholesterol, HDL
  • Cholesterol, LDL
  • LIPG protein, human
  • Lipase