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Angiographic progression of coronary atherosclerosis in patients with familial hypercholesterolaemia treated with non-statin therapy: Impact of a fat-modified diet and a resin.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Sept 2016
Watts Gerald F, Pang Jing, Chan Dick C, Brunt John N H, Lewis Barry
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) profoundly increases the risk of coronary artery disease (CAD). We investigated whether diet and a bile-acid sequestrant decrease coronary atherosclerosis in patients with FH. METHODS: We identified 26 men with FH and CAD, participating in the St Thomas' Atherosclerosis Regression Study, who had been randomized to receive a fat-modified diet plus...
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