Vascular access for lipid apheresis: a challenge in young children with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia

• Main Authors: Julia Lischka (Author), Klaus Arbeiter (Author), Charlotte de Gier (Author), Andrea Willfort-Ehringer (Author), Nina-Katharina Walleczek (Author), Renata Gellai (Author), Michael Boehm (Author), Albert Wiegman (Author), Susanne Greber-Platzer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (hoFH) is a rare genetic disorder leading to extremely increased LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C), resulting in high cardiovascular risk in early childhood. Lipid apheresis (LA) is an effective treatment and should be started as early as possible t...