Long-Term Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Challenges Posed by COVID-19 in Patients With Familial Hypercholesterolemia

Front Pharmacol. 2022 May 11:13:890141. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2022.890141. eCollection 2022.

Alpo Vuorio^{1

2}, Frederick Raal³, Petra Ijäs⁴, Markku Kaste⁴, Petri T Kovanen⁵

¹ Mehiläinen, Airport Health Center, Vantaa, Finland.
² Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
³ Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
⁴ University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
⁵ Wihuri Research Institute, Helsinki, Finland.

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Keywords: CHD; PCSK9 inhibitor; endothelial dysfunction; familial hypercholesterolemia; long-covid; statin; stroke.