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Long-term atorvastatin–ezetimibe–probucol triple therapy for homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia from early childhood

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2015

Minjie Lin ,
Helong Dai  and
Shuiping Zhao
Minjie Lin
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, PR China
Helong Dai
Affiliation:
Department of Urological Organ Transplantation, Center of Organ Transplantation, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, PR China
Shuiping Zhao*
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, PR China
*
Correspondence to: S. Zhao, PhD, Department of Cardiology, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410011, PR China. Tel: +860 731 8529 5806; Fax: +8 607 318 536 0309; E-mail: zhaosp2014@163.com
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Abstract

In this observational case report, we share our experience of achieving >40% LDL cholesterol reduction in four Chinese homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia children below 8 years of age with a triple combination of atorvastatin, probucol, and ezetimibe for >6 years. Within a follow-up duration of 6–13 years, this triple therapy achieved significant reduction of LDL cholesterol as well as an impressive regression of xanthomas in all paediatric cases. All the children remained free from treatment-related adverse responses and cardiovascular events throughout follow-up.

Keywords

Homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemiaLDL cholesterolatherosclerotic cardiovascular diseasexanthoma
Type
Brief Reports
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 26 , Supplement 1 , January 2016 , pp. 197 - 201
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© Cambridge University Press 2015 

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