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Mortality among patients with familial hypercholesterolemia: a registry-based study in Norway, 1992-2010.
Journal of the American Heart Association - 2 Dec 2014
Mundal Liv, Sarancic Mirza, Ose Leiv, Iversen Per Ole, Borgan Jens-Kristian, Veierød Marit B, Leren Trond P, Retterstøl Kjetil
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Untreated patients with familial hypercholesterolemia are at increased risk of premature cardiovascular death. The primary aim of this study was to investigate whether this is also the case in the statin era. METHODS AND RESULTS: In this registry-based study, 4688 male and female patients from the Unit for Cardiac and Cardiovascular Genetics (UCCG) Registry with verified molecular genetic diagnosis of...
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