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Familial Hypercholesterolemia: Screening, diagnosis and management of pediatric and adult patients: Clinical guidance from the National Lipid Association Expert Panel on Familial Hypercholesterolemia

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This report goes beyond previously published guidelines by providing specific clinical guidance for the primary care clinician and lipid specialist with the goal of improving care of patients with FH and reducing their elevated risk for CHD.
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This article is published in Journal of Clinical Lipidology.The article was published on 2011-05-01. It has received 560 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Familial hypercholesterolemia & Lomitapide.

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Combination therapy in dyslipidemia: Where are we now?

TL;DR: A review of the evidence for statin use in combination with fibrates, niacin, bile acid sequestrants, and the cholesterol absorption inhibitor, ezetimibe, in dyslipidemic patients at increased risk of cardiovascular disease explores the impact of such combination therapies on lipids, attainment of lipid targets, inflammatory markers, and on cardiovascular outcomes and pathology.
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Review of clinical practice guidelines for the management of LDL-related risk.

TL;DR: The similarities and differences among important guidelines in the United States and internationally are discussed, with recommendations for future strategies to improve consistency in approaches to LDL-related ASCVD risk and to reduce gaps in implementation of evidence-based therapies.
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Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin 9 inhibitors: an emerging lipid-lowering therapy?

TL;DR: The inhibition of PCSK9 in combination with statins provides a promising approach for lowering low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) concentrations.
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Hyperlipidemia in Coronary Heart Disease II. GENETIC ANALYSIS OF LIPID LEVELS IN 176 FAMILIES AND DELINEATION OF A NEW INHERITED DISORDER, COMBINED HYPERLIPIDEMIA

TL;DR: The combined disorder was shown to be genetically distinct from familial hypercholesterolemia and familial hypertriglyceridemia for the following reasons: the distribution pattern of cholesterol and triglyceride levels in relatives of probands was unique.
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Lipid Screening and Cardiovascular Health in Childhood

Stephen R. Daniels, +1 more
- 01 Jul 2008 - 
TL;DR: The need for prevention of cardiovascular disease by following Dietary Guidelines for Americans and increasing physical activity is reemphasized and the need for pharmacologic agents and indications for treating dyslipidemia in children are reviewed.
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Efficacy of statins in familial hypercholesterolaemia: a long term cohort study

TL;DR: Lower statin doses than those currently advised reduced the risk of coronary heart disease to a greater extent than anticipated in patients with familial hypercholesterolaemia.
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Genetic Causes of Monogenic Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia: A HuGE Prevalence Review

TL;DR: The clinical phenotype of heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is characterized by increased plasma levels of total cholesterol and low density lipoprotein cholesterol, tendinous xanthomata, and premature symptoms of coronary heart disease.
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Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia.

Fernando Civeira
- 01 Mar 2004 - 
TL;DR: These guidelines have been elaborated by a group of international experts with the intention to answer the main questions about heterozygous FH (heFH) subjects that physicians worldwide face in the diagnosis and management of these patients.
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