SINCE 1959, when Albrink and Man 1 suggested that elevated serum triglyceride levels might be related to the pathogenesis of ischemic heart disease, several investigators 2–6 have measured the lipid ...

Q: What are trigylcerides? Are they contained in food? A: Triglycerides are a type of fat in the blood. Most calories that are in excess of the body's need are converted to triglycerides and deposited ...

Women around the age of menopause with elevated blood fats known as triglycerides may also have elevated risk of breaking a bone, a U.S. study suggests. Researchers followed more than 2,000 ...

The significance of serum triglycerides in coronary-artery disease is reviewed elsewhere. 6 The present report is concerned with the striking frequency of hypertriglyceridemia in apparently healthy ...

Discussions about heart health often center around blood pressure and cholesterol, with factors like poor sleep, smoking, family history of heart disease, and chronic stress thrown in. However, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with CHD who also have elevated triglycerides have an increased risk for all-cause mortality, ...

TEL-HASHOMER, ISRAEL — In patients with coronary heart disease, even triglyceride levels on the high side of normal (100 to 149 mg/dL) are associated with an increased risk of death, new research ...

When Marjorie Denham visits patients at the Rex Heart Center, the volunteer does not have to look at her notes. She knows the information she shares by "heart." Denham has had two bypass surgeries, ...

Medically reviewed by Anisha Shah, MD Key Takeaways High triglycerides increase the risk of heart disease and ...

Stroke can have many causes. An atherothrombotic stroke is caused by a clot that forms from plaques that build up within blood vessels in the brain. A new study suggests that people who have this type ...

The effects of atherosclerotic CVD risk factors on the associations between the combination of high triglyceride and low HDL-C levels and incident CHD and ischemic stroke are unclear. Individuals with ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Women with high triglyceride levels in early pregnancy are more likely to experience preterm delivery than women ...