This confirmed earlier studies indicating that the difference in carotid IMT between children with FH and their unaffected siblings may be significant as early as at 8 years of age, that long-term statin treatment (lasting 10 years) initiated during childhood in patients with FH was associated with normalization of carotid IMT progression, and that earlier statin initiation was associated with thinner carotid IMT at follow-up [ 41 , 42 ].
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Pulse wave velocity as a measure of arterial stiffness in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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