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Perspectives on Identifying and Treating Familial Hypercholesterolemia in Childhood - PubMed

Perspectives on Identifying and Treating Familial Hypercholesterolemia in Childhood - PubMed

Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34491300/

doi: 10.1093/clinchem/hvab157. Online ahead of print. 1 Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA. 2 Dept. of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA USA. 3 Richard A. and Susan...

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Effects of different doses of atorvastatin on blood lipid level and endothelial function in patients with hypertension and carotid plaque | Chinese Journal of Primary Medicine and Pharmacy;(12): 563-567, 2021. | WPRIM

Source : https://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/portal/resource/pt/wpr-883783

To compare the effects of different doses of atorvastatin on blood lipid and endothelial function in patients with hypertension and carotid plaque. Ninety-two patients with hypertension and carotid plaque who...

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Efficacy of intensive lipid-lowering therapy with statins stratified by blood pressure levels in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and retinopathy: Insight from the EMPATHY study - Hypertension Research

Efficacy of intensive lipid-lowering therapy with statins stratified by blood pressure levels in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and retinopathy: Insight from the EMPATHY study - Hypertension Research

Source : https://www.nature.com/articles/s41440-021-00734-x

Intensive lipid-lowering therapy is recommended in individuals exhibiting type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) with microvascular complications (as high-risk patients), even without known cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, evidence is insufficient to...

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Study Suggests 'Remnant Cholesterol' As Stand-alone Risk for Heart Attack and Stroke

Study Suggests 'Remnant Cholesterol' As Stand-alone Risk for Heart Attack and Stroke

Source : https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/newsroom/news-releases/study-suggests-remnant-cholesterol-as-stand-alone-risk-for-heart-attack-and-stroke

Remnant cholesterol represents the amount of cholesterol in remnant lipoproteins, a form of very low-density lipoproteins (VLDL) from which sugary fatty acids - called triglycerides - have been removed. Along...

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