Special Residual Risk: A Focus on Triglycerides, Part 1 – August 2023

In this special episode on Residual Risk: A Focus on Triglycerides, our host, Dr. Neil Skolnik will discuss Residual Risk, Triglycerides and how to reduce residual risk with Dr. Christie Ballantyne, Director of the Center for Cardiometabolic Disease Prevention, Baylor College of Medicine.

This special episode is supported by an independent educational grant from Amarin.

Presented by:

Neil Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University; Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Jefferson Health

Dr. Christie Ballantyne.  Dr. Ballantyne is a Professor of Medicine-Cardiology, and Director of the Center for Cardiometabolic Disease Prevention, Baylor College of Medicine.

Selected references in the Podcast:

Niacin: AIM-HIGH - N Engl J Med 2011; 365:2255-2267

Omega-3 Fatty Acids: STRENGTH trial - JAMA. 2020;324(22):2268-2280

Pemafibrate: PROMINENT - N Engl J Med 2022; 387:1923-1934

Icosapent Ethyl: JELIS - Lancet. 2007;369(9567):1090-1098

Icosapent Ethyl: REDUCE-IT - N Engl J Med 2019; 380:11-22

ADA Standards of Care: Diabetes Care 2023;46(Supplement_1):S158–S190

2023 AHA/ACC/ACCP/ASPC/NLA/PCNA Guideline for the Management of Patients With Chronic Coronary Disease: Circulation. 2023;148. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000001168