PCSK9 inhibition: The way forward in the treatment of dyslipidemia

BMC Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Stoekenbroek, Robert M ^a   Kastelein, John J P ^a   Huijgen, Roeland ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cholesterol lowering drugs; LDL cholesterol; PCSK9

Indexed keywords

ALIROCUMAB; BOCOCIZUMAB; EVOLOCUMAB; EZETIMIBE; KEXIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PLACEBO; PROTEIN PCSK9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; PCSK9 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE 9; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SERINE PROTEINASE;

DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPID METABOLISM; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; RISK REDUCTION;

ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPID METABOLISM; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE 9; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASES; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

EID: 84943575922     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-015-0503-4     Document Type: Review

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