Intensive lipid lowering therapy reduces large, but not small, dense low-density lipoprotein particles measured by gel electrophoresis, in elderly patients with atrial fibrillation

Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2019 Dec;26(18):2017-2018. doi: 10.1177/2047487319845966. Epub 2019 Apr 29.

Authors

Christian A Kjellmo^{1

2}, Gheorghe Pop³, Knut T Lappegård^{1

2}, Anders Hovland^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Internal Medicine, Nordland Hospital, Bodø, Norway.
² Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromsø, Norway.
³ Department of Cardiology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

PMID: 31032636
DOI: 10.1177/2047487319845966

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

Age Factors
Aged
Anticholesteremic Agents / therapeutic use*
Atorvastatin / therapeutic use*
Atrial Fibrillation / blood*
Atrial Fibrillation / complications
Cholesterol, LDL / blood*
Cholesterol, VLDL / blood*
Electrophoresis
Humans
Hypercholesterolemia / complications
Hypercholesterolemia / drug therapy*

Substances

Anticholesteremic Agents
Cholesterol, LDL
Cholesterol, VLDL
Atorvastatin