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Aorta of young and middle-aged heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia patients shows no functional or morphological impairment assessed by MRI
In familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) the level of LDL cholesterol is 2–3 times that of the normal population and leads to accelerated atherosclerosis. Improved care for risk factors has decreased cardiovascular mortality of these patients. We studied subclinical atherosclerotic changes with morphol...
Autores principales: | Soljanlahti, Sami, Autti, Taina, Vuorio, Alpo F, Keto, Pekka, Turtola, Hannu, Lauerma, Kirsi |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Dove Medical Press
2008
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2597753/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19066011 |
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