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. 2025 Jul 12;14(14):4945. doi: 10.3390/jcm14144945
ACC/AHA American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association
ACCORD Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes
AIM-HIGH Atherothrombosis Intervention in Metabolic Syndrome with Low HDL/High Triglycerides and Impact on Global Health Outcomes
ApoA-I Apolipoprotein A-I
ApoB Apolipoprotein B
ASCVD Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease
CEC Cholesterol Efflux Capacity
CETP Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein
CSL112 A reconstituted HDL/ApoA-I infusion therapy
DHA Docosahexaenoic Acid
EPA Eicosapentaenoic Acid
ESC/EAS European Society of Cardiology/European Atherosclerosis Society
eNO Endothelial Nitric Oxide
EVOO extra virgin olive oil
FDA Food and Drug Administration
FIELD Fenofibrate Intervention and Event Lowering in Diabetes
FOURIER Further Cardiovascular Outcomes Research with PCSK9 Inhibition in Subjects with Elevated Risk
HDL High-Density Lipoprotein
HDL-C High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol
HF Heart Failure
HFpEF Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
HPS2-THRIVE Heart Protection Study 2–Treatment of HDL to Reduce the Incidence of Vascular Events
IDL Intermediate-Density Lipoprotein
ILLUMINATE Investigation of Lipid Level Management to Understand its Impact in Atherosclerotic Events
IMPROVE-IT Improved Reduction of Outcomes: Vytorin Efficacy International Trial
JACC Journal of the American College of Cardiology
LCAT Lecithin–Cholesterol Acyltransferase
LDL Low-Density Lipoprotein
LDL-C Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol
Lp(a) Lipoprotein(a)
MetS Metabolic Syndrome
MPO Myeloperoxidase
Non-HDL-C Non–High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol
PCSK9 Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin Type 9
PON1 Paraoxonase-1
RCT Reverse Cholesterol Transport
REVEAL Randomized Evaluation of the Effects of Anacetrapib Through Lipid-modification
REDUCE-IT Reduction of Cardiovascular Events with Icosapent Ethyl–Intervention Trial
S1P Sphingosine-1-Phosphate
SAA Serum Amyloid A
sdLDL Small Dense Low-Density Lipoprotein
sdLDL-C Small Dense Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol
SR-BI Scavenger Receptor Class B Type I
T2DM Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
TZDs Thiazolidinediones
VA-HIT Veterans Affairs High-Density Lipoprotein Intervention Trial
VLDL Very-Low-Density Lipoprotein