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Review

Non-Invasive Techniques in Pediatric Dyslipidemia

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Non-Invasive Techniques in Pediatric Dyslipidemia

Damon B. Dixon.
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Excerpt

Symptomatic and overt atherosclerosis in children is rare. The earliest lesion of atherosclerosis develops in childhood, but may not correlate with traditional markers of atherosclerosis. Children are considered low risk populations for atherosclerosis. The use of non-invasive imaging can have a role to identify early subclinical vascular changes. Imaging techniques are becoming useful adjuncts in conjunction with traditional lipid markers. These techniques have been extensively used in children and have provided indirect evidence for premature atherosclerosis, risk stratification, treatment effectiveness, and longitudinal tracking of adult cardiovascular risk. Use of imaging may be a useful adjunct in combination with traditional cardiovascular risk factors to assess dyslipidemia in children. For complete coverage of all related areas of Endocrinology, please visit our on-line FREE web-text, WWW.ENDOTEXT.ORG.

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