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Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is an autosomal dominant genetic disorder characterized by a lifelong elevation in the concentration of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) bound cholesterol in blood by cholesterol deposits and by early coronary artery ...
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Evinacumab, an angiopoietin‐like 3 (ANGPTL3) inhibitor, significantly reduces low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL‐C), independent of low‐density lipoprotein receptor, in patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH).
Sébastien Bihorel +8 more
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Kohsuke Terada, Koji Mugishima, Sayuri Kawasaki, Fumiaki Itagaki, Takehisa Yamada, Yukinao Sakai Department of Nephrology, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, JapanCorrespondence: Yukinao SakaiDepartment of Nephrology, Graduate ...
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Homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by severely elevated low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels, predisposing patients to early cardiovascular disease.
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Treatment of symptomatic HyperLp(a)lipoproteinemia with LDL-apheresis: a multicentre study
LDL-apheresis (LDLa) efficacy in the treatment of symptomatic HyperLp(a)lipoproteinemia -HyperLp(a)- has been studied in a multicentre trial. After 3.1 +/- 2.7 years of weekly and biweekly treatment, the data from 19 patients (males: 12; females: 7; aged
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CLINICAL APPLICATION OF HELP-APHERESIS IN FEMALE PATIENT WITH FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA
Cardiovascular diseases caused by atherosclerosis and its complications represent the leading cause of death in developed countries. The main risk factor of atherosclerosis development is dyslipidemia, in particular familial hypercholesterolemia (FH ...
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Abstracts of the 18th SCWD Conference, 11‐13 December 2025 in Rome/Italy
JCSM Communications, Volume 9, Issue 1, January/June 2026.
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LDL-apheresis: Comparison of methods
Elective treatment for patients affected with familial hyper- cholesterolemia, in addition to drug therapy, is the removal of cholesterol by apheresis. This can be obtained by selective, semiselective or non- selective techniques.
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Background We assessed long-term real-world effectiveness and safety of lomitapide in patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH). Methods Retrospective case series of six patients with HoFH treated with lomitapide in an Italian clinic.
Patrizia Suppressa +3 more
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Alpo Vuorio,1,2 Matti J Tikkanen,3 Petri T Kovanen4 1Health Center Mehiläinen, Vantaa, Finland; 2Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Lappeenranta, Finland; 3Heart and Lung Center, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Folkhälsan Research ...
Vuorio A, Tikkanen MJ, Kovanen PT
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