Guidelines for the use of Lp apheresis to treat FH homozygotes and heterozygotes with coronary heart disease (CHD) and raised LDL levels despite optimal drug therapy have been published in several ...

A: Atorvastatin (mg/day); C: Colesevalam (g/day); E: Ezetimibe (mg/day); Lp aph: Lipoprotein apheresis; N: Nicotinic acid (g/day); P-P: Post-partum; Preg: Pregnancy ...

Other studies came to similar conclusions (3). In our center, of the ten patients who are currently undergoing lipid apheresis for lipoprotein (a) metabolic disorders, three have a history with a ...

Apheresis machine for extracorporeal elimination of LDL cholesterol in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia, hyperlipoproteinemia (a), hyperfibrinogenemia, transplant vasculopathy.