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Filter by:Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a most prevalent genetic disorder define as high cholesterol level and premature death. The prevalence of FH reported in few countries however unknown in Iran. Thus determine the FH patient, finding diagnostic strategy and appropriate treatment are important. We intent to use cascade method to screening patients, also our expected outputs are to develop and implement a registry program for FH patients and their families and to study their genetic disorder. FH patients will be followed from management, treatment and prevention of Cardio vascular disease in order to increase premature death.
SAFEHEART is a large, on-going registry study in molecularly defined patients with heterozygous FH treated in Spain.
This research aims to evaluate the effect of CARDICHOL chronic consumption (12 weeks) on lipid metabolism and especially on blood LDL cholesterol in volunteers with moderate hypercholesterolemia.
Hypercholesterolemia is an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease, asociated primarily with high plasma levels of LDL lipoprotein, which in turn depend on the endogenous hepatic synthesis of cholesterol and its absorption at intestinal level. It has been demonstrated that there reducing plasma LDL is beneficial, mainly with the use of statins, which are the first treatment option for a moderate hypercholesterolemia. Phytosterols reduce the intestinal absorption of cholesterol by reducing its incorporation into lipid micelles. Consequently, phytosterols have become a relevant alternative treatment against low hypercholesterolemia. The target population are 40 to 65 years old individuals with low hypercholesterolemia.
Patients with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) at high cardiovascular risk may suffer from silent micro-infarctions (MI) before clinical coronary heart disease manifestations because of the lifetime exposure to elevated serum LDL-cholesterol levels. The study aims to demonstrate the higher prevalence of silent myocardial infarction in a population of asymptomatic patients with familial hypercholesterolemia at high cardiovascular risk in comparison to control patients using Cardiac Magnetic Resonance sequences of delayed gadolinium enhancement.
Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a common inherited disorder with a frequency of 1 in 500 in the UK. Our aim is compare the carotid and coronary artery atherosclerosis in monogenic FH and polygenic hypercholesterolemia with means of a carotid ultrasound, a coronary CT angiogram and biochemical biomarkers.
To evaluate efficacy and safety of a combination therapy of rosuvastatin and ezetimibe versus monotherapy of rosuvastatin in hypercholesterolemia patients
True prevalence of FH in the Russian Federation is unknown which leads to low percentage of diagnosed and treated cases. Research is needed to determine the prevalence of FH, specific diagnostic algorithms and optimal treatment strategies. The main aim of the present study is to evaluate the extent to which FH is underdiagnosed and undertreated in the Russian Federation for reduction of cardiovascular risk related to atherosclerosis in the country. As a first step, total cholesterol (TC) and low-density lipoprotein (LDL-C) levels will be determined in a random sample from Moscow population (n=18000). It is expected that TC ≥ 7.5 mmol/L will be detected in 10% of cohort. During 2014, approximately 500 patients will pass through non-invasive clinical examination at the Russian Cardiology Research and Production Center, including patient demographics, past medical history, family history of hypercholesterolemia, physical findings, current lipid-lowering therapies, blood tests, genetic analysis, echocardiography, carotid duplex ultrasound and exercise SPECT imaging in selected cases. On the basis of the Moscow Program four major Federal Medical Centers will be involved, and FH Registry will be created as a national, multi-center initiative to screen FH patients, control their diagnosis and management, and track clinical-reported outcomes over time. Establishment of National Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of FH on the basis of these data and implementation those into clinical practice in different regions of Russia will allow improving patient care. As an expected outcome, this program will raise awareness and increase appropriate assessment and treatment of FH patients in Russia, leading to a timely detection of the disease and therapy initiation.
This global product exposure registry is a multicentre, long-term, prospective, observational cohort study (exposure registry), designed to evaluate the long term safety and effectiveness of lomitapide.
To evaluate the effect of concomitant administration of Probucol and Cilostazol (based on Atorvastatin treatment) on the atherosclerosis related markers (including the thickness of the Achilles tendon) in severe hypercholesterolemia subject, through the observation of the thickness of the Achilles tendon, the thickness of mean carotid intima-media, anti-oxidation biomarkers and serum lipid profile.