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- Title
Ten-Year Follow-up After Initiation of Statin Therapy in Children With Familial Hypercholesterolemia.
- Authors
Kusters, D. Meeike; Avis, Hans J.; de Groot, Eric; Wijburg, Frits A.; Kastelein, John J. P.; Wiegman, Albert; Hutten, Barbara A.
- Abstract
The article discusses a follow-up study of children with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) who received statin therapy until adulthood. Topics discussed include the predisposition of FH to pre-mature atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease, higher mean carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) in patients with FH and adverse events resulting to some patients discontinuing statin therapy.
- Subjects
HYPERCHOLESTEREMIA in children; HYPERCHOLESTEREMIA; FAMILIAL diseases; STATINS (Cardiovascular agents); ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR diseases
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2014, Vol 312, Issue 10, p1055
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.2014.8892