Evolokumabs effekt och kostnadseffektivitet hos patienter utan familjär kolesterolemi.

  • Molin, Tor
Publication date
January 2019
Publisher
Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för kemi och biomedicin (KOB)

Abstract

Atherosclerosis is the underlying cause for many serious cardiovascular diseases which causes over 50 % of all deaths in Sweden. Atherosclerotic plaque builds up in the vessel walls over decades that will eventually lead to a complete block of an artery or cause thrombosis when the plaque ruptures, this leads to myocardial infarction and stroke. A major contributing factor to the buildup of plaque is cholesterol, especially low density lipoprotein, LDL. LDL can oxidize and start an inflammation process and together with cells from the immune system form the basis for a plaque. Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) is a protein which main function is to regulate the amount of LDL-receptors available by promoting their degrada...

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