A Case of Severe Carotid Stenosis in a Patient with Familial Hypercholesterolemia without Significant Coronary Artery Disease

Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is an inherited metabolic disorder characterized by elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels in the blood. In its heterozygous form, it occurs in 1 in 500 individuals in the general population. It is an important contributor to the early onset of coronar...

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Autores principales: Barros, Marcos Aurélio Lima, Ferreira-Fernandes, Hygor, Barros, Ingrid Cristina Rêgo, Barbosa, Adriel Rêgo, Pinto, Giovanny Rebouças
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4227388/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25405037
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/853921

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4227388/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25405037
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/853921

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