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Reductions in all-cause, cancer, and coronary mortality in statin-treated patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia: a prospective registry study

AIMS: To examine the changes in coronary, all-cause, and cancer mortality in patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) before and after lipid-lowering therapy with statins. METHODS AND RESULTS: A total of 3382 patients (1650 men) aged <80 years were recruited from 21 lipid cl...

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Autores principales: Neil, Andrew, Cooper, Jackie, Betteridge, John, Capps, Nigel, McDowell, Ian, Durrington, Paul, Seed, Mary, Humphries, Steve E.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2577142/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18840879
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn422