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Triglycerides Quality Improvement Programme

This programme has been funded by Amarin Corp plc. Amarin were not involved in the development of the programme, content, selection of speakers or their arrangements. All content has been independently developed by the PCCS.

This QI programme comprises of a number of educational resources and is designed to support primary healthcare teams to enhance the quality of care delivered to patients with high triglyceride levels. The programme covers the following topics:

• The impact of raised triglycerides

• Patient identification, coding and review

• Assessing triglyceride levels and the importance of the threshold of 1.7 mmol/L for fasting triglyceride levels

• Guidelines and treatment of raised triglycerides

• Lifestyle and diet

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Please click here to view: 

• Introductory video: An introduction to triglycerides
  • ^{Speaker: Prof Raj Thakkar}
• Module 1: Understanding triglycerides as a cardiovascular risk factor
  • ^{Speaker: Prof Raj Thakkar}
• Module 2: The diagnostic pathway
  • ^{Speaker: Dr Jim Moore}
• Module 3: Guidelines & treatment options
  • ^{Speaker: Prof Ahmet Fuat}
• Module 4: Triglycerides and Lifestyle
  • ^{Speaker: Dr Sundhya Raman}

These modules were filmed in April 2025. 

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Introductory video: An introduction to triglycerides

The information provided in this presentation is for educational purposes only. Prescribing or management decisions made by clinicians are exclusively their own responsibility. The speaker/PCCS bear no responsibility regarding management or prescribing decisions made by others, or otherwise.

Module 1