A 72-Year-Old Patient with Longstanding, Untreated Familial Hypercholesterolemia but no Coronary Artery Calcification: A Case Report

Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a genetic disease associated with persistently elevated levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), which ultimately leads to greatly increased rates of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease. Atherosclerosis progression can be clinically approxim...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Johnson, Kipp W, Dudley, Joel T, Bobe, Jason R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2018
Materias:
Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5991918/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29888156
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2452

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5991918/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29888156
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2452

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