Acute myocardial infarction in a 28 year man with familial hypercholesterolemia

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 78-81

  Montasir, Ahmed Al ^a   Sadik, Mainul Hasan ^a  

^a Rafatullah Community Hospital   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Familial hypercholesterolemia; ischemic heart disease; low density lipoprotein cholesterol

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORNEA CURVATURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; THORAX PAIN; XANTHOMA;

ADULT; ARCUS SENILIS; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; HUMANS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SKIN DISEASES; XANTHOMATOSIS;

EID: 84877141239     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: 19983654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5359.110914     Document Type: Article

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