The Prognostic Impact of Hypertriglyceridemia and Abdominal Obesity in Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients Underwent Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.
- Author:
Pyung Chun OH
1
;
Seung Hwan HAN
Author Information
1. Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon Univeristy Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Korea. shhan@gilhospital.com
- Publication Type:Editorial
- Keywords:
Acute myocardial infarction;
Percutaneous coronary intervention;
Hypertriglyceridemia;
Abdominal obesity
- MeSH:
Coronary Artery Disease;
Humans;
Hypertriglyceridemia*;
Myocardial Infarction*;
Obesity, Abdominal*;
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention*;
Prognosis;
Risk Factors
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2014;86(2):165-168
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Although there are still controversies about whether hypertriglyceridemia is an independent risk factor for coronary artery disease, recent analysis reported hypertriglyceridemia and central obesity are independent risk factors for coronary artery disease. However, the prognostic impact of hypertriglyceridemia and central obesity in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are still remained unclear. In this issue, Han et al. investigated the prognostic impact of hypertriglyceridemia and/or central obesity on baseline in AMI patients treated with PCI. In this editorial, we have reviewed the role of hypertriglyceridemia and central obesity on the prognosis after PCI in AMI patients. Although hypertriglyceridemia and central obesity on baseline in this study had no role on the prognosis following PCI in AMI patients, to confirm for these results, further studies on this topic will be warranted in the future.
