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Study: Cholesterol substantially reduced with oral PCSK9 inhibitor
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Study: Cholesterol substantially reduced with oral PCSK9 inhibitor

by Graciela Gutierrez, Baylor College of Medicine Atherosclerosis of the heart’s arteries reduces surface area and oxygen carrying capacity. Credit: http://www.scientificanimations.com/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA A new study led by Baylor College of Medicine and presented at the American College of Cardiology’s Annual Scientific Session together with World Congress of Cardiology found that an oral PCSK9 inhibitor called...

Early add-on therapy with PCSK9 inhibitor appears safe in patients post heart attack
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Early add-on therapy with PCSK9 inhibitor appears safe in patients post heart attack

by American College of Cardiology Example of Plaque Regression, Lipid Regression, and Fibrous Cap Thickening in a Trial Patient. All images were obtained from the same lesion in the same patient and matched for the 2 time points of intracoronary imaging investigation. For intravascular ultrasonography (IVUS), external elastic lamina borders (green line) and lumen borders...