Search Results - "Trip, MD"
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Colesevelam added to combination therapy with a statin and ezetimibe in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia: A 12-week, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, controlled trial
Published in Clinical therapeutics (01-04-2010)“…Abstract Background: Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) has been associated with increased cardiovascular risk when untreated or when normal LDL-C…”
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Interleukin-6 receptor pathways in coronary heart disease: a collaborative meta-analysis of 82 studies
Published in The Lancet (British edition) (2012)“…Summary Background Persistent inflammation has been proposed to contribute to various stages in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease. Interleukin-6…”
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A genome-wide association study in Europeans and South Asians identifies five new loci for coronary artery disease
Published in Nature genetics (01-04-2011)“…The Coronary Artery Disease Genetics Consortium report a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for coronary artery disease (CAD) in discovery and…”
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Large-scale gene-centric analysis identifies novel variants for coronary artery disease
Published in PLoS genetics (01-09-2011)“…Coronary artery disease (CAD) has a significant genetic contribution that is incompletely characterized. To complement genome-wide association (GWA) studies,…”
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Effect of aggressive versus conventional lipid lowering on atherosclerosis progression in familial hypercholesterolaemia (ASAP) : a prospective, randomised, double-blind trial
Published in The Lancet (British edition) (24-02-2001)“…High LDL-cholesterol is a risk factor for atherosclerosis. We aimed to determine whether aggressive cholesterol lowering with statins was more effective than…”
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ACAT Inhibition and Progression of Carotid Atherosclerosis in Patients With Familial Hypercholesterolemia: The CAPTIVATE Randomized Trial
Published in JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (18-03-2009)“…CONTEXT Inhibition of acyl coenzyme A:cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT), an intracellular enzyme involved in cholesterol accumulation, with pactimibe was…”
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Effectiveness of Inhibition of Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein by JTT-705 in Combination With Pravastatin in Type II Dyslipidemia
Published in The American journal of cardiology (01-05-2005)“…The inhibition of cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) has recently been shown to effectively increase high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol. This…”
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Genetic variation at the phospholipid transfer protein locus affects its activity and high-density lipoprotein size and is a novel marker of cardiovascular disease susceptibility
Published in Circulation (New York, N.Y.) (03-08-2010)“…In contrast to clear associations between variants in genes participating in low-density lipoprotein metabolism and cardiovascular disease risk, such…”
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The contribution of classical risk factors to cardiovascular disease in familial hypercholesterolaemia: data in 2400 patients
Published in Journal of internal medicine (01-12-2004)“… Objective. To determine the contribution of classical risk factors to the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in patients with heterozygous familial…”
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Inhibition of cholesterol absorption by the combination of dietary plant sterols and ezetimibe: effects on plasma lipid levels
Published in Journal of lipid research (01-12-2005)“…Consumption of plant sterols and treatment with ezetimibe both reduce cholesterol absorption in the intestine. However, the mechanism of action differs between…”
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Differential hs-CRP reduction in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia treated with aggressive or conventional statin therapy
Published in Atherosclerosis (01-12-2002)“…Background: High sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) has emerged as the best studied and most promising marker of inflammation in atherosclerotic vascular…”
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Long-term safety and efficacy of high-dose atorvastatin treatment in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia
Published in The American journal of cardiology (15-01-2005)“…In the 2-year Atorvastatin versus Simvastatin on Atherosclerosis Progression extension study, patients with familial hypercholesterolemia who continued to take…”
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Frequent mutation in the ABCC6 gene (R1141X) is associated with a strong increase in the prevalence of coronary artery disease
Published in Circulation (New York, N.Y.) (13-08-2002)“…Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) is an inborn disorder of the connective tissue with specific skin, ocular, and cardiovascular disease (CVD) manifestations…”
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Long term statin treatment reduces lipoprotein(a) concentrations in heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia
Published in Heart (British Cardiac Society) (01-08-2003)“…Background: Raised plasma lipoprotein(a) (Lp(a)) is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease. It is unknown whether increased Lp(a) is an…”
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Simvastatin with or without Ezetimibe in Familial Hypercholesterolemia
Published in The New England journal of medicine (01-05-2008)“…Simvastatin with or without Ezetimibe in Familial Hypercholesterolemia Original Article, N Engl J Med 2008:358;1431-1443.. In the list of authors' affiliations…”
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The Right Ventricle Explains Sex Differences in Survival in Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Published in Chest (01-06-2014)“…Background Male sex is an independent predictor of worse survival in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). This finding might be explained by more severe…”
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Abnormalities in liver function and coagulation profile following the Fontan procedure
Published in Heart (British Cardiac Society) (01-07-1999)“…OBJECTIVE To investigate liver function and coagulation disorders in patients with a Fontan circulation at different time intervals after surgery. DESIGN…”
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Long term survivors of childhood brain cancer have an increased risk for cardiovascular disease
Published in Cancer (01-05-2000)“…BACKGROUND Cranial irradiation for children with brain tumors frequently leads to neuroendocrine deficiencies. In this controlled study, the authors…”
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Accurate assessment of load-independent right ventricular systolic function in patients with pulmonary hypertension
Published in The Journal of heart and lung transplantation (2013)“…Background End-systolic elastance (Ees ), a load-independent measure of ventricular function, is of clinical interest for studies of the right ventricle (RV)…”
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Toll-like receptor-4 Asp299Gly polymorphism does not influence progression of atherosclerosis in patients with familial hypercholesterolaemia
Published in European journal of clinical investigation (01-02-2004)“…Background Toll‐like receptor‐4 (TLR4) is a major receptor for inflammatory stimuli potentially involved in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis, such as…”
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