Case Report: Liver Transplantation in Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia (HoFH)-Long-Term Follow-Up of a Patient and Literature Review

• Main Authors: Matej Mlinaric (Author), Nevenka Bratanic (Author), Vlasta Dragos (Author), Ajda Skarlovnik (Author), Matija Cevc (Author), Tadej Battelino (Author), Urh Groselj (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2020-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH) is a rare inherited metabolic disorder, frequently leading to an early cardiovascular death if not adequately treated. Since standard medications usually fail to reduce LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C) levels satisfactorily, LDL-apheresis is a mainstay of manag...