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Association between Achilles Tendon Softness and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in Patients with Familial Hypercholesterolemia

Aims: Achilles tendon (AT) xanthomas are a specific physical finding of familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) and AT thickness has been used for its diagnosis and evaluation of its severity. Recently, we reported that the AT of FH patients was softer than that of non-FH patients and the combined use of...

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Autores principales: Michikura, Masahito, Ogura, Masatsune, Hori, Mika, Matsuki, Kota, Makino, Hisashi, Hosoda, Kiminori, Harada-Shiba, Mariko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Japan Atherosclerosis Society 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9623074/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35013021
http://dx.doi.org/10.5551/jat.63151