Familial hypercholesterolemia and vulnerability of coronary plaque in patients with coronary artery disease

Familial hypercholesterolemia and vulnerability of coronary plaque in patients with coronary artery disease

Objectives: Patients with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) are at a very high risk of coronary artery diseases. The aim of the present study was to clarify the characteristics of coronary plaque in patients with FH. Design: and Methods: A total of 569 patients who underwent optical coherence tomog...

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Main Authors: Ako, J. (Author), Hashimoto, T. (Author), Katamine, M. (Author), Minami, Y. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier B.V. 2021
Subjects:
aged
angiotensin receptor antagonist
Article
atheroma
beta adrenergic receptor blocking agent
clinical feature
cohort analysis
controlled study
coronary artery disease
coronary artery plaque
diabetes mellitus
dipeptidyl carboxypeptidase inhibitor
disease predisposition
dyslipidemia
ezetimibe
familial hypercholesterolemia
female
human
hydroxymethylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitor
hypertension
insulin
lipid
low density lipoprotein cholesterol
Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol
major clinical study
male
optical coherence tomography
Optical coherence tomography
prevalence
retrospective study
thin cap fibroatheroma
Vulnerable plaque
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