into the pathogenesis of heart disease in patients treated for HIV infection. Lipodystrophy can indeed lead to ectopic spillover of triglyceride into nonadipose tissues—including the myocardium—and has previously been associated with adverse LV remodeling (2). Furthermore, that HAART exposure also predicted myocardial triglyceride content and LV dysfunction provides further insight into the pat...

CONTEXT Acute pancreatitis is related to drugs in 1.4-2% of cases. Estrogens are an uncommon but well-known risk factor of pancreatitis in women and men with pre-existing hyperlipidemia. CASE REPORT We report the case of a 37-year-old man with covert hypertriglyceridemia who developed a severe life-threatening pancreatitis strongly associated with estrogen therapy preparatory to sex change su...

Triglycerides are insoluble in water and yet are transported at milligram per millilitre concentrations in the bloodstream. This is made possible by the ability of the liver and intestine to assemble lipid-protein emulsions (i.e. lipoproteins), which transport hydrophobic molecules. The assembly of triglyceride-rich lipoproteins requires the coordination of protein and lipid synthesis, which oc...

A great amount of literature has demonstrated a connection between obesity, visceral fat and the metabolic disorders such as hyperglycemia, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia. Lately, there has been an increased interest in understanding if cancer is related to obesity and visceral fat accumulation. The prevalence of both obesity and cancer are increasing and there has been keen interest in the r...

background: it has been established that hyperlipidemia increases the  incidence and mortality associated with coronary heart disease. in this study, the effects of dill (anethum graveolens) were evaluated on lipid profile of hypercholesterolemic patients. materials and methods: in this clinical study, 91 hyperlipidemic patients were randomly designated into two groups. one group received gemfi...

the probability of cardiovascular diseases in diabetic patients increases due to hyperlipidemia. raphanus sativus is a traditional plant which is used to lower plasma lipid. the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of aqueous extract of raphanus sativus on plasma glucose, triglyceride, and cholesterol in diabetic rats. for this purpose, 30 male rats were selected, maintained in standard...

Alismatis Rhizoma Decoction (ARD) is a classical Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) formula for treatment of vertigo with its long history of successful clinical effect. Since vertigo is a symptom of hyperlipidemia, this study aimed at evaluating the hypolipidemic effect of ARD in hyperlipidemia mice induced by high fat diet (HFD) and investigated the rationality of formula combination of Alism...

Granuloma annulare has been associated with systemic disease including diabetes mellitus. We report a case of a 62-year-old Japanese woman with generalized erythematous granuloma annulare who showed remission after substantial improvement in hyperlipidemia following a strict lipid-lowering diet. The lesion appeared in the lower abdomen one year before current presentation and subsequently sprea...

Obesity is increasing at an alarming rate, and its related disorders are placing a considerable strain on our healthcare system. Although they are not always coincident, obesity is often accompanied by hyperlipidemia. Both obesity and hyperlipidemia are independently associated with atherosclerosis, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), and insulin resistance (IR). Thus, we sought to determ...