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WB: 70% of Patients With Familial Hypercholesterolemia Don’t Achieve LDL Cholesterol Targets

Jul 05, 2023

REFERENCES & ADDITIONAL READING

Schreuder MM, Hamkour S, Siegers KE, et al. LDL cholesterol targets rarely achieved in familial hypercholesterolemia patients: a sex and gender-specific analysis. Atherosclerosis. 2023:S0021-9150(23)00139-9. Available at: https://www.atherosclerosis-journal.com/article/S0021-9150(23)00139-9/fulltext.

Nanna MG, Wang TY, Xiang Q, et al. Sex differences in the use of statins in community practice. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2019:12(8);e005562.

Zhang H, Plutzky J, Shubina M, Turchin A. Drivers of the sex disparity in statin therapy in patients with coronary artery disease: a cohort study. PLoS One. 2016:11(5);e0155228.

Rizos CV, Skoumas I, Rallidis L, et al. LDL cholesterol target achievement in heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia patients according to 2019 ESC/EAS lipid guidelines: implications for newer lipid-lowering treatments. Int J Cardiol. 2021:345;119-124.

Pijlman AH, Huijgen R, Verhagen SN, et al. Evaluation of cholesterol lowering treatment of patients with familial hypercholesterolemia: a large cross-sectional study in The Netherlands. Atherosclerosis. 2010:209(1):189-194.

ABOUT THE EXPERTS

  • Jeanine E. Roeters van Lennep, MD, PhD

    Jeanine E. Roeters van Lennep, MD, PhD
    Associate Professor, Internist Vascular Medicine
    Department of Internal Medicine
    Erasmus Medical Centre
    Member, Executive Committee
    European Atherosclerosis Society

    Jeanine E. Roeters van Lennep, MD, PhD, has no financial disclosures to report that are relevant to this article.

     

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