Atherosclerosis of the carotid arteries in young patients with familial hypercholesterolemia
1988
Patients with heterozygous and homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia exhibit a high incidence of premature coronary heart disease, presumably due to atheromatous plaque-formation in the coronary arteries. Clinical symptoms develop when the disease has progressed to more severe stages of atherosclerosis. Aim of our study was to visualize and document early atheromatous lesions in the carotid arteries of asymptomatic patients with familial hypercholesterolemia under 30 years of age by Duplex-scan.
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