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Elevated lipoprotein(a), hypertension and renal insufficiency as predictors of coronary artery disease in patients with genetically confirmed heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia.
International journal of cardiology - 15 Dec 2015
Chan Dick C, Pang Jing, Hooper Amanda J, Burnett John R, Bell Damon A, Bates Timothy R, van Bockxmeer Frank M, Watts Gerald F
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is characterized by elevated LDL-cholesterol and increased risk of premature coronary artery disease (CAD). Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] increases CAD in FH, although the independence of this association relative to other CAD risk factors remains unclear. In this study, we examined the association between Lp(a) and other cardiovascular risk factors and prevalent CAD in...
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