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Non-HDL cholesterol as a therapeutic goal.
Clinica e investigacion en arteriosclerosis : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Arteriosclerosis - 1 Dec 2019
Brea Angel, Hernández-Mijares Antonio, Millán Jesús, Ascaso Juan F, Blasco Mariano, Díaz Angel, Mantilla Teresa, Pedro-Botet Juan C, Pintó Xavier
Abstract excerpt
Although cholesterol linked to low-density lipoproteins (c-LDL) is well established as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, there is often a more complex dyslipidaemia pattern that contributes to the formation of atherosclerotic plaque. Non-HDL cholesterol (c-NO-HDL) is used to estimate the total amount of atherogenic lipoproteins in plasma, some of which are not usually determined in daily clinical...
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