Physicians' Academy for Cardiovascular Education

Reducing triglycerides in REDUCE-IT

10' education - Feb. 11, 2020 - Prof. Deepak Bhatt, MD - Boston, MA, USA - Online CME

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  • Design of the trial 00:49
  • Characteristics of study population 03:28
  • Outcomes  04:26
  • Adverse events and signals 07:16
  • More analyses of the REDUCE-IT data 09:04

In the REDUCE-IT trial, treatment with icosapent ethyl resulted in reduction of the individual endpoints:

  • A. myocardial infarction, stroke, all-cause death
  • B. myocardial infarction, stroke, coronary revascularization
  • D. coronary revascularization, bleeding, CV death
  • D. stroke, unstable angina, all-cause death
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Educational information

This educational video is part of a series called '4 Things a cardiologist needs to know about triglycerides' that is aimed to guide cardiologists in how triglycerides affect CV risk and how patients with high triglyceride levels can be managed according to recent insights.

Faculty

Prof. Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH is Executive Director of Interventional Cardiovascular Programs and Professor at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

Disclosures

This educational series is funded by an unrestricted educational grant provided by Amarin.

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