Journal article
Risk of fatal stroke in patients with treated familial hypercholesterolemia: a prospective registry study.
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Although it is recognized that in heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia, large extracranial carotid vessels are affected by atherosclerosis, the risk of fatal stroke after treatment with cholesterol-lowering therapy remains uncertain. The goal of this study was to determine the risk of fatal stroke in patients with treated familial hypercholesterolemia. METHODS: A cohort of 1405 men and 1466 women with definite or possible heterozygous familial hypercholesterolem...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- Stroke; a journal of cerebral circulation
- Volume:
- 34
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 22-25
- Publication date:
- 2003-01-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1524-4628
- ISSN:
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0039-2499
- Source identifiers:
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10235
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:10235
- UUID:
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uuid:ee77114d-cb7e-422a-8882-00224ca246b4
- Local pid:
- pubs:10235
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- Copyright date:
- 2003
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