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ArticleThe British journal of cardiology2023

Efficacy and tolerability of PCSK9 inhibitors in real-world clinical practice.

Prashasthi Devaiah, Sava Handjiev, Jacob George

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Article in The British journal of cardiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Efficacy of PCSK9 Inhibitors on Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Established Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: A Network Meta-analysis.American journal of cardiovascular drugs : drugs, devices, and other interventions · 2026 · on this map
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Prashasthi DevaiahYear 3 Medical Student School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, Dundee, DD1 9SY.
Sava HandjievClinical Biochemistry Registrar Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, Dundee, DD1 9SY.
Jacob GeorgeChair of Cardiovascular Medicine and Therapeutics University of Dundee Medical School, Mailbox 2, Level 7, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, DD1 9SY.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite widespread use of statins and other lipid-lowering therapies for hypercholesterolaemia, cardiovascular (CV) mortality and morbidity remains high. The proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) inhibitors, alirocumab and evolocumab, have been approved for use in patients with familial hypercholesterolaemia and high CV risk in the UK. We reviewed the records of patients at a large health board in Scotland, who were prescribed these agents, to determine their real- world efficacy and tolerability in routine clinical care.

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hypercholesterolaemialow-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C)proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 inhibitor (PCSK9i)statin

Identifiers

PMID39247417
PMCPMC11376256

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