{"title":"Emerging therapies for refractory hypercholesterolemia: a narrative review.","authors":"Agnieszka Pawlos, Etienne Khoury, Daniel Gaudet","doi":"10.1080/14796678.2024.2367860","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Refractory hypercholesterolemia (RH) is characterized by the failure of patients to achieve therapeutic targets for low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C) despite receiving maximal tolerable doses of standard lipid-lowering treatments. It predominantly impacts individuals with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), thereby elevating the risk of cardiovascular complications. The prevalence of RH is now recognized to be substantially greater than previously thought. This review provides a comprehensive insight into current and emerging therapies for RH patients, including groundbreaking genetic-based therapeutic approaches. The review places emphasis on the dependency of therapies on low-density lipoprotein receptors (LDLRs) and highlights the critical role of considering LDLR activity in RH patients for individualization of the treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":12589,"journal":{"name":"Future cardiology","volume":" ","pages":"317-334"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6000,"publicationDate":"2024-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11318688/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Future cardiology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14796678.2024.2367860","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2024/7/10 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Refractory hypercholesterolemia (RH) is characterized by the failure of patients to achieve therapeutic targets for low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C) despite receiving maximal tolerable doses of standard lipid-lowering treatments. It predominantly impacts individuals with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), thereby elevating the risk of cardiovascular complications. The prevalence of RH is now recognized to be substantially greater than previously thought. This review provides a comprehensive insight into current and emerging therapies for RH patients, including groundbreaking genetic-based therapeutic approaches. The review places emphasis on the dependency of therapies on low-density lipoprotein receptors (LDLRs) and highlights the critical role of considering LDLR activity in RH patients for individualization of the treatment.
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Research advances have contributed to improved outcomes across all specialties, but the rate of advancement in cardiology has been exceptional. Concurrently, the population of patients with cardiac conditions continues to grow and greater public awareness has increased patients" expectations of new drugs and devices. Future Cardiology (ISSN 1479-6678) reflects this new era of cardiology and highlights the new molecular approach to advancing cardiovascular therapy. Coverage will also reflect the major technological advances in bioengineering in cardiology in terms of advanced and robust devices, miniaturization, imaging, system modeling and information management issues.
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