PCSK9 inhibitors

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 145, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Gencer, Baris ^a   Lambert, Gilles ^b,c   Mach, François ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^c HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

Cardiometabolic disease; Cardiovascular prevention; Lipids; Pharmacological therapies

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BOCOCIZUMAB; EVOLOCUMAB; EZETIMIBE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; PLACEBO; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE SUBTILISIN KEXIN TYPE 9 INHIBITOR; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALIROCUMAB; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PCSK9 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; GAIN OF FUNCTION MUTATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); GENETICS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; IMMUNOLOGY;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASES; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

EID: 84929208446     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: 14243997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2015.14094     Document Type: Review

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