[13] A radically different approach to Lp apheresis involves extracorporeal precipitation of LDL by the addition of heparin to plasma, the so-called heparin extracorporeal LDL precipitation (HELP ...
such as injectable PCSK9 inhibitors, cholesterol absorption blockers, or a dialysis-like procedure to filter cholesterol from ...
Apheresis machine for extracorporeal elimination of LDL cholesterol in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia, hyperlipoproteinemia (a), hyperfibrinogenemia, transplant vasculopathy.
Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis of patients treated with EOD rosuvastatin at 2 lipid specialty clinics: the University of Kansas Lipid, Atherosclerosis, and LDL-Apheresis Center and ...
Current standard of care consists of a combination of drugs such as statins, ezetimibe, PCSK9 inhibitors and LDL apheresis. But this means that people with HoFH often still have very high ...