ALLMedicine™ Familial Hypercholesterolemia Center
Research & Reviews 1,441 results
https://doi.org/10.1097/MOL.0000000000000832
Current Opinion in Lipidology; Leren TP, Bogsrud MP
Aug 10th, 2022 - Patients with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) have a markedly increased risk of premature cardiovascular disease. However, there are effective lipid-lowering therapies available to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. This makes it import...
https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.122.025737
Journal of the American Heart Association; Cainzos-Achirica M, Quispe R et. al.
Aug 10th, 2022 - Background The value of coronary artery calcium (CAC) in the allocation of PCSK9i (proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 inhibitors) among individuals without clinically evident atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) is unknown for...
https://doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000003204
Journal of Hypertension; Liu MM, Peng J et. al.
Aug 10th, 2022 - Hypertension is a known risk factor for cardiovascular disease; however, its impact on clinical outcomes in patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HeFH) is unclear. Hence, we aimed to investigate the effects of hypertension on s...
https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.121.025232
Journal of the American Heart Association; Funabashi S, Kataoka Y et. al.
Aug 6th, 2022 - Background Heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HeFH) more likely exhibits extensive atherosclerotic disease at multiple vascular beds. Lipoprotein(a) (Lp(a)) is an atherogenic lipoprotein that elevates HeFH-related atherosclerotic cardiova...
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04652726
Aug 5th, 2022 - This is a two-part (1 year double-blind inclisiran versus placebo / 1 year open-label inclisiran) multicenter study designed to evaluate safety, tolerability, and efficacy of inclisiran in adolescents with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemi...
Guidelines 3 results
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjca.2018.09.005
The Canadian Journal of Cardiology; Brunham LR, Ruel I et. al.
Dec 12th, 2018 - Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is the most common monogenic disorder causing premature atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. It affects 1 in 250 individuals worldwide, and of the approximately 145,000 Canadians estimated to have FH, most are...
https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2016.9852
JAMA , Bibbins-Domingo K et. al.
Aug 18th, 2016 - Elevations in levels of total, low-density lipoprotein, and non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; lower levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; and, to a lesser extent, elevated triglyceride levels are associated with risk of cardiovas...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24335046
Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis; Teramoto T, Sasaki J et. al.
Dec 18th, 2013 - Familial hypercholesterolemia.|2013|Teramoto T,Sasaki J,Ishibashi S,Birou S,Daida H,|diagnosis,etiology,prevention & control,diagnosis,etiology,prevention & control,diagnosis,prevention & control,
Drugs 453 results see all →
Clinicaltrials.gov 175 results
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04652726
Aug 5th, 2022 - This is a two-part (1 year double-blind inclisiran versus placebo / 1 year open-label inclisiran) multicenter study designed to evaluate safety, tolerability, and efficacy of inclisiran in adolescents with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemi...
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00001204
Aug 4th, 2022 - Familial hypercholesterolemia is an autosomal co-dominant disorder resulting in abnormal LDL receptor function, profoundly elevated concentrations of low density lipoproteins, accelerated atherosclerosis and death by early adulthood. This disease ...
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05488431
Aug 4th, 2022 - Persons living with HIV infection (PLWH) have a 2-fold higher risk of myocardial infarction and are twice as likely to develop cardiovascular disease accounting for a significant global burden of disease. While the mechanism underlying this excess...
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05066932
Aug 3rd, 2022 - The crucial role of dyslipidaemia, in particular hypercholesterolaemia, in the development of cardiovascular diseases is particularly well documented. The causal role of LDLC in the progression of CVD is indisputable: genetic, epidemiological and ...
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04659863
Aug 1st, 2022 - This is a two-part (1 year double-blind inclisiran versus placebo/ 1 year open-label inclisiran) multicenter study designed to evaluate safety, tolerability, and efficacy of inclisiran in adolescents with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (...
News 430 results
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/969991
Mar 9th, 2022 - Patients with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) who start lipid-lowering treatment earlier in life may reduce their cardiovascular risk, compared with those who don't begin treatment early, according to results of a recent meta-analysis. They sho...
https://www.mdedge.com/cardiology/article/252467/cad-atherosclerosis/early-treatment-may-delay-atherosclerosis-familial
Jeff Craven
Mar 7th, 2022 - Patients with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) who start lipid-lowering treatment earlier in life may reduce their cardiovascular risk, compared with those who don’t begin treatment early, according to results of a recent meta-analysis. They sho.
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/967605
Feb 17th, 2022 - Cardiology Leqvio (inclisiran) Inclisiran is a double-stranded small interfering ribonucleic acid (siRNA), conjugated on the sense strand with triantennary N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc) to facilitate uptake by hepatocytes. In hepatocytes, inclisi...
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/968080
Feb 17th, 2022 - Cardiology Leqvio (inclisiran) Inclisiran is a double-stranded small interfering ribonucleic acid (siRNA), conjugated on the sense strand with triantennary N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc) to facilitate uptake by hepatocytes. In hepatocytes, inclisi...
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/958749
Feb 15th, 2022 - This transcript has been edited for clarity. Laurence Sperling, MD: Welcome to Medscape InDiscussion. We have two national and world experts with us here today, and I'm excited about our discussion. This morning, we'll start off with a case and th...