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Pulse wave velocity as a measure of arterial stiffness in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Coronary Artery Calcium Is Independently Associated with Arterial Stiffness and LDL Cholesterol Burden in Patients with Familial Hypercholesterolemia.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
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- Vascular Aging: Assessment and Intervention.Clinical interventions in aging · 2023Review
- Effect of Bariatric Surgery on Intima Media Thickness: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- Arterial Stiffness-What Do We Know about It and What Do We Expect from This Biomarker?Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- The Importance of Arterial Stiffness Assessment in Patients with Familial Hypercholesterolemia.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- Risk Assessment and Clinical Management of Children and Adolescents with Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolaemia. A Position Paper of the Associations of Preventive Pediatrics of Serbia, Mighty Medic and International Lipid Expert Panel.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Review
- Clinical Features of Familial Hypercholesterolemia in Children and Adults in EAS-FHSC Regional Center for Rare Diseases in Poland.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Monitoring the Effects of Hypolipidemic Treatment in Children with Familial Hypercholesterolemia in Poland.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Associations between high triglycerides and arterial stiffness in a population-based sample: Kardiovize Brno 2030 study.Lipids in health and disease · 2020Article
- State of the Art Review: Brachial-Ankle PWV.Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis · 2020Review
- Achieving low-density lipoprotein cholesterol targets as assessed by different methods in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia: an analysis from the HELLAS-FH registry.Lipids in health and disease · 2020Article
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Abstract
introductionThe aim of this meta-analysis was to establish whether vascular pulse wave velocity (PWV) as a measure of arterial stiffness is changed in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH). MATERIAL AND
methodsStudies comparing PWV between patients with FH and controls were searched in PubMed-Medline, SCOPUS, Web of Science and Google Scholar databases (up to November 26, 2017). A meta-analysis was conducted using Comprehensive Meta-Analysis V2 software. A random-effects model (using the DerSimonian-Laird method) and the generic inverse variance method were used to compensate for the heterogeneity of studies concerning demographic characteristics and differences in the studies' design.
resultsThis meta-analysis of 8 studies involving 317 patients with FH and 244 non-FH individuals did not suggest a significantly altered PWV in FH patients versus controls (weighted mean difference (WMD): 0.17 m/s, 95% confidence interval (CI): -0.31, 0.65,
conclusionsThis meta-analysis suggests that FH patients do not have significantly altered PWV when compared with normocholesterolemic individuals. However, a subanalysis of studies in which IMT was measured indicated that IMT is increased in FH patients compared with controls.
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