Bempedoic Acid for Lowering LDL Cholesterol

JAMA. 2019 Nov 12;322(18):1769-1771. doi: 10.1001/jama.2019.16598.

Authors

Michael C Honigberg^{1

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3

4}, Pradeep Natarajan^{1

2

3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Cardiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston.
² Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston.
³ Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge.
⁴ Cardiovascular Research Center and Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

Cardiovascular Diseases*
Cholesterol, LDL
Dicarboxylic Acids
Fatty Acids
Humans
Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors*

Substances

Cholesterol, LDL
Dicarboxylic Acids
Fatty Acids
Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
8-hydroxy-2,2,14,14-tetramethylpentadecanedioic acid

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