The Prevalence and Diagnostic Ratio of Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH) and Proportion of Acute Coronary Syndrome in Japanese FH Patients in a Healthcare Record Database Study

BACKGROUND: Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a genetic disorder characterized by high levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C). Because of underdiagnosis, acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is often the first clinical manifestation of FH. In Japan, there are few reports on the prevalenc...

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Autores principales: Teramoto, Tamio, Sawa, Tomohiro, Iimuro, Satoshi, Inomata, Hyoe, Koshimizu, Takashi, Sakakibara, Iori, Hiramatsu, Katsutoshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7321519/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32636924
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/5936748

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