The Use of Achilles Tendon Sonography to Distinguish Familial Hypercholesterolemia from Other Genetic Dyslipidemias
- 1 October 2005
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology
- Vol. 25 (10) , 2203-2208
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.atv.0000183888.48105.d1
Abstract
Objective— Achilles tendon (AT) xanthomas, specific for familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), may be clinically undetectable. We assessed the usefulness of AT sonography in the diagnosis of FH. Metho... Achilles tendon sonography was performed in 290 subjects with various genetic dyslipidemias and 88 controls. Familial hypercholesterolemia mutation carriers had thicker tendons than all other group...Keywords
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