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ey0017.12-13 | Hyperlipidemia | ESPEYB17

12.13. 20-Year Follow-up of statins in children with familial hypercholesterolemia

IK Luirink , A Wiegman , DM, et al. Kusters

To read the full abstract: N Engl J Med. 2019;381(16):1547–56. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1816454Short summary: Twenty years of treatment of statin therapy in children with Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH) slowed the progression of carotid intima–media thickness and reduced the risk of cardiovascular disease in adulthood. By age 39 years, the cumulative incidence of cardiovascul...