Peripheral arterial disease in heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia: no difference between patients with and without partial ileal bypass

We evaluated lower limb arterial circulation in 37 patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia using strain-gauge plethysmography. Nineteen patients were initially allocated to surgical therapy (ileal bypass operation), and 18 control patients were treated conservatively. After a follow...

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