Accelerated subclinical coronary atherosclerosis in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 219, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 721-727

  Neefjes, Lisan A ^a,b   ten Kate, Gert Jan R ^a,b   Alexia, Rossi ^a   Nieman, Koen ^a   Galema Boers, Annette J ^a   Langendonk, Janneke G ^a   Weustink, Annick C ^a   Mollet, Nico R ^a   Sijbrands, Eric J ^a   Krestin, Gabriel P ^a   de Feyter, Pim J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiac imaging; Coronary atherosclerosis; Familial hypercholesterolemia

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING;

ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 82955203221     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2011.09.052     Document Type: Article

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