Familial hypercholesterolaemia and COVID-19: A two-hit scenario for endothelial dysfunction amenable to treatment

Patients with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) are likely at increased risk for COVID-19 complications in the acute phase of the infection, and for a long time thereafter. Because in FH patients the level of low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) is elevated from birth and it correlates with...

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Autores principales: Vuorio, Alpo, Raal, Frederick, Kaste, Markku, Kovanen, Petri T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier B.V. 2021
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7830285/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33540179
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2021.01.021

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7830285/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33540179
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2021.01.021

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