Statin intolerance management: a systematic review - Endocrine
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Background Statin intolerance is a key barrier to the effective prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Experts do not agree on what it is and how to respond to this...
Conclusion: We found substantial variability in the definition and management of statin intolerance among experts. Few focused on ASCVD risk reduction and none promoted the participation of patients in shared decision making about how to address the threat of ASCVD with or without statins.
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New Trends and Therapies for Familial Hypercholesterolemia - PubMed
Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36431115/
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Conclusions/Relevance: Newer therapies such as inhibitors of microsomal transfer protein and angiopoietin-like protein 3 have opened the possibility of LDL-cholesterol normalization in homozygous FH and may provide an alternative to lipoprotein apheresis for these patients. Gene-based therapies may provide more definite solutions for lowering...
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Genome Editing in Dyslipidemia and Atherosclerosis
Source : https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-19-5642-3_10
Hardcover Book USD 199.99 Price excludes VAT (USA) We acknowledge the Servier Medical Art for providing basic graph elements for our figures, PubMed for publication statistics, and NHGRI-EBI GWAS Catalog...
Relevance: We give an outlook on the potential gene targets prioritized by large-scale genetic studies of cardiovascular diseases and genome editing in precision medicine of dyslipidemia and atherosclerosis.
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Familial Hypercholesterolemia and Its Current Diagnostics and Treatment Possibilities: A Literature Analysis - PubMed
Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36422206/
Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a common, inherited disorder of cholesterol metabolism. This pathology is usually an autosomal dominant disorder and is caused by inherited mutations in the APOB, LDLR, and...
Relevance: It is important to say that the timeous lowering of LDL-C levels can reduce the risk of cardiovascular events and mortality in patients with FH. Therefore, it is essential to increase awareness of FH in order to reduce the burden of acute coronary syndrome (ACS).
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Real-World Analyses of the Treatment Conditions in Patients Initiating Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin Type 9 (PCSK9) Inhibitor in Taiwan
Source : https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jat/advpub/0/advpub_63789/_article
Aims: Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) inhibitor is a powerful low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C)-lowering therapy, but this drug is expensive. This study aimed to describe the real-world treatment...
Conclusions: In the real-world practice in Taiwan, the LDL-C reduction efficacy of PCSK9 inhibitors was slightly lower than that reported in the clinical trials. The use of non-standard-dosing PCSK9 inhibitors was not uncommon in Taiwan.
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