Coronary calcification in familial hypercholesterolemia: Not all about LDL

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Editorial

Karam Kostner. Atherosclerosis. 2016 Nov.

. 2016 Nov:254:303-304.

doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2016.09.063. Epub 2016 Sep 28.

¹ Department of Cardiology, Mater Hospital and University of Qld, Raymond TCE, Brisbane, 4165, Australia. Electronic address: k.kostner@uq.edu.au.

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Keywords: Coronary calcification; Familial hypercholesterolemia; Low density lipoprotein; Lp(a); PCSK9.

Comment on

PCSK9 and lipoprotein (a) levels are two predictors of coronary artery calcification in asymptomatic patients with familial hypercholesterolemia.
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