The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine

Editorial: Korean J Med. 2014;86(2):165-168. Published online February 1, 2014.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3904/kjm.2014.86.2.165; 관상동맥 중재술을 시행받은 급성심근경색증 환자에서 고중성지방혈증과 복부 비만이 예후에 미치는 영향; 오병천, 한승환; 가천대학교 길병원 심장내과; The Prognostic Impact of Hypertriglyceridemia and Abdominal Obesity in Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients Underwent Percutaneous Coronary Intervention; Pyung Chun Oh, Seung Hwan Han; Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon Univeristy Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Korea; Corresponding author: Seung Hwan Han ,Tel: +82-32-460-3054, Fax: +82-2-469-1906, Email: shhan@gilhospital.com

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. (Korean J Med 2014;86:165-168)

Keywords :Acute myocardial infarction, Percutaneous coronary intervention, Hypertriglyceridemia, Abdominal obesity