ISSN 1662-4009 (online)

ey0021.12-15 | Lipid Metabolism | ESPEYB21

12.15. Cardiovascular outcomes in patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia on lipoprotein apheresis initiated during childhood: long-term follow-up of an international cohort from two registries

MD Reijman , TR Tromp , BA Hutten , GK Hovingh , DJ Blom , AL Catapano , M Cuchel , EJ Dann , A Gallo , LC Hudgins , FJ Raal , KK Ray , F Sadiq , H Soran , JW Groothoff , A Wiegman , DM Kusters

Brief Summary: Data from two large registries of children with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH) revealed that initiating lipoprotein apheresis in childhood, compared to pharmacotherapy, improves plasma LDL-C level and reduces cardiovascular death.Comment: Homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia (HoFH) is a rare inherited disorder, which results in extremely elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels and premature atheros...