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Achilles Tendon Xanthoma Thickness and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in a Patient With Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia on PCSK9 Inhibition: A Case Report and Literature Review
Ultrasound-guided measurement of carotid intima-media thickness can be used as a surrogate marker to predict future risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, and to understand the efficacy of lipid-lowering drugs. Aggressive lipid-lowering drugs such as proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin t...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7571593/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33094041 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10497 |
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author | Alam, Loba Lasam, Glenmore Fishberg, Robert |
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description | Ultrasound-guided measurement of carotid intima-media thickness can be used as a surrogate marker to predict future risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, and to understand the efficacy of lipid-lowering drugs. Aggressive lipid-lowering drugs such as proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) inhibitors have been shown to reduce carotid artery plaque burden, total cholesterol, and low-density lipoprotein-c in patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (FH). We describe a patient with heterozygous FH treated with PCSK9 inhibitor over the course of two years, and the drug's impact on carotid intima-media thickness, Achilles tendon thickness, and cardiovascular disease risk reduction. |
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spelling | pubmed-75715932020-10-21 Achilles Tendon Xanthoma Thickness and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in a Patient With Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia on PCSK9 Inhibition: A Case Report and Literature Review Alam, Loba Lasam, Glenmore Fishberg, Robert Cureus Cardiology Ultrasound-guided measurement of carotid intima-media thickness can be used as a surrogate marker to predict future risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, and to understand the efficacy of lipid-lowering drugs. Aggressive lipid-lowering drugs such as proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) inhibitors have been shown to reduce carotid artery plaque burden, total cholesterol, and low-density lipoprotein-c in patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (FH). We describe a patient with heterozygous FH treated with PCSK9 inhibitor over the course of two years, and the drug's impact on carotid intima-media thickness, Achilles tendon thickness, and cardiovascular disease risk reduction. Cureus 2020-09-16 /pmc/articles/PMC7571593/ /pubmed/33094041 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10497 Text en Copyright © 2020, Alam et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Cardiology Alam, Loba Lasam, Glenmore Fishberg, Robert Achilles Tendon Xanthoma Thickness and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in a Patient With Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia on PCSK9 Inhibition: A Case Report and Literature Review |
title | Achilles Tendon Xanthoma Thickness and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in a Patient With Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia on PCSK9 Inhibition: A Case Report and Literature Review |
title_full | Achilles Tendon Xanthoma Thickness and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in a Patient With Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia on PCSK9 Inhibition: A Case Report and Literature Review |
title_fullStr | Achilles Tendon Xanthoma Thickness and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in a Patient With Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia on PCSK9 Inhibition: A Case Report and Literature Review |
title_full_unstemmed | Achilles Tendon Xanthoma Thickness and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in a Patient With Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia on PCSK9 Inhibition: A Case Report and Literature Review |
title_short | Achilles Tendon Xanthoma Thickness and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in a Patient With Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia on PCSK9 Inhibition: A Case Report and Literature Review |
title_sort | achilles tendon xanthoma thickness and carotid intima-media thickness in a patient with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia on pcsk9 inhibition: a case report and literature review |
topic | Cardiology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7571593/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33094041 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10497 |
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