Efficacy of Evolocumab in Monogenic vs Polygenic Hypercholesterolemia

Background: Inhibitors of proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin 9 are indicated in Canada for treatment of patients with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH). Classically, FH is considered to be a monogenic condition caused by rare pathogenic mutations; however, some patients have hypercholesterolemi...

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Main Authors: Timothy Lee, BSc, Michael A. Iacocca, MSc, Matthew R. Ban, BSc, Robert A. Hegele, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-05-01
Series:CJC Open
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589790X19300137