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Ģimenes anamnēzes raksturojums pacientiem ar primāru hiperlipidēmiju
2018
Tēmas aktualitāte: Ģimenes hiperholesterinēmija (ĢH) ir autosomāli ominant slimība, kas savlaicīgi neatpazīstot un neuzsākot atbilstošu terapiju, var rezultēties agrīnos kardiovaskulāros notikumos. Latvija ir pirmā no Baltijas valstīm, kur funkcionē ĢH reģistrs. Mērķis: Raksturot ģimenes anamnēzes datu pieejamību pacientiem, kas iekļauti LĢRH. Materiāli un metodes: Tika analizēta ģimenes slimības vēstures datu pieejamība, izmantojot LĢHR pacientu anketas. Rezultāti: Līdz 2017. gada oktobrim LĢHR tika iekļauti 356 pacienti, no kuriem 294 (82.6%) bija probandi un 62 ( 17.4%) pirmās pakāpes radinieki. Klīniska ĢH tika diagnosticēta 164 pacientiem (131 probandam un 33 pirmās pakāpes radiniekiem…
Polyvascular subclinical atherosclerosis in familial hypercholesterolemia: The role of cholesterol burden and gender
2019
International audience; BACKGROUND AND AIM:Heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HeFH) is a genetic disease characterized by a heterogeneous phenotype. The assessment of cardiovascular (CV) risk is challenging for HeFH. Cholesterol burden (CB) allows to estimate the lifelong exposure to high levels of cholesterol. The aim of this study was to analyze the distribution of subclinical atherosclerosis and the relationship between atherosclerosis and the CB in a sample of HeFH patients, focusing on sex-related differences.METHODS AND RESULTS:154 asymptomatic HeFH subjects underwent coronary-artery-calcium score (CACs) and Doppler ultrasound of carotid and femoral arteries. Yearly lipid pro…
Carotid atherosclerosis in hypercholesterolemic patients: Relationship with cardiovascular events
2001
Background and Aim: Extracranial cerebrovascular atherosclerosis is a common feature of hypercholesterolemia and carotid lesions are good predictors of cardiovascular events in the general population. Factors associated with the carotid damage of hypercholesterolemic patients and their relationships with the occurrence of clinical events are investigated in this study. Methods and Results: One hundred and seventeen cardiovascular event-free hypercholesterolemic subjects underwent a complete clinical examination to look for additional risk factors. A blood sample was collected for lipoprotein determination and an ultrasound high resolution B-mode imaging examination of the common carotid art…
Lp(a): a genetic cause of clinical FH in children
2022
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Il calcio coronarico è indipendentemente associato alla rigidità arteriosa e al cholesterol burden nei pazienti con ipercolesterolemia familiare
2021
Plasma non-cholesterol sterols: a useful diagnostic tool in pediatric hypercholesterolemia.
2010
Current guidelines strongly recommend the identification of genetic forms of hypercholesterolemia (HC) during childhood. The usefulness of non–cholesterol sterols (NCS) in the diagnosis of genetic HC has not been fully explored. Plasma NCS were measured by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) in 113 children with hypercholesterolemia affected by: autosomal dominant hypercholesterolemia (ADH), familial combined hyperlipidemia (FCHL), polygenic hypercholesterolemia (PHC), and in 79 controls to evaluate: i) plasma NCS profile in different genetic HC and ii) the usefulness of NCS for the diagnosis of HC beyond current clinical criteria. ADH was characterized by raised lathosterol/total …
Characteristics of computed tomography angiography findings of coronary arteries in patients with suspected or established familial hypercholesterole…
2021
KOPSAVILKUMS Nosaukums: Koronāro artēriju datortomogrāfiskās angiogrāfijas atrades raksturojums pacientiem ar iespējamu vai konstatētu Ģimenes Hiperholesterinēmiju. Ievads: Ģimenes hiperholesterīnēmija ir biežākais iemesls pārmantotai dislipidēmijai visā pasaulē. Slimība attīstās nemanāmi, bet pēkšņi var kļūt fatāla. Tāpēc ir svarīgi to diagnosticēt vai izvērtēt bojājumu izteiktību cik agri iespējams, pirmsaterosklerotiskiem kardiovaskulāriem notikumiem.Sķiet, ka šobrīd CT angiogrāfija ir laba metode lai raksturotu izmaiņas koronārajās artērijās ĢH pacientiem. Mērkis: Raksturot aterosklerotiskās izmaiņas ĢH pacientu koronārajās artērijās izmantojot CT angiogrāfija rezultātus. Materiāls un m…
Electrothermal Atomic Absorption Spectrometric Diagnosis of Familial Hypercholesterolemia
2000
We have developed a new nonradioactive assay to identify human low-density lipoprotein receptor defects. It is based on the incubation of cultured cells with colloidal gold-LDL conjugates and quantitation of the gold associated with the cells by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry. After an oxidative treatment with nitric and hydrochloric acids, the biological matrix interferes neither with the gold recovery nor with the gold measurements, which are linear, at least from 0.15 to 3 ng of gold. When cells expressing a functional LDL receptor are incubated with increasing amounts of colloidal-gold LDL conjugates, the obtained saturation curve parallels that described when [125I]LDL i…
Diagnosis of familial hypercholesterolemia in a large cohort of Italian genotyped hypercholesterolemic patients
2022
Background and aims: Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is the most relevant genetic cause of early cardiovascular disease (CVD). FH is suspected when low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels exceed the 95th percentile of the population distribution. Different diagnostic scoring systems have been developed, as the Dutch Lipid Clinic Network (DLCN) score, used worldwide. The aim of the study is to describe the characteristics of FH patients of a large cohort of more than eight hundred genotyped subjects enrolled in an Italian Lipid Clinic, and evaluate the DLCN score performance applied retrospectively to the case study. Methods: 836 hypercholesterolemic patients with LDL-C > 4.…
Familial hypercholesterolæmia in children and adolescents: Gaining decades of life by optimizing detection and treatment
2015
Contains fulltext : 155263.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access) Familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is a common genetic cause of premature coronary heart disease (CHD). Globally, one baby is born with FH every minute. If diagnosed and treated early in childhood, individuals with FH can have normal life expectancy. This consensus paper aims to improve awareness of the need for early detection and management of FH children. Familial hypercholesterolaemia is diagnosed either on phenotypic criteria, i.e. an elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) level plus a family history of elevated LDL-C, premature coronary artery disease and/or genetic diagnosis, or positive genetic testin…