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SUBMITTER: Schmidt AF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6478267 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 20170428
<h4>Background</h4>Despite the availability of effective drug therapies that reduce low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol (LDL-C), cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains an important cause of mortality and morbidity. Therefore, additional LDL-C reduction may be warranted, especially for patients who are unresponsive to, or unable to take, existing LDL-C-reducing therapies. By inhibiting the proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) enzyme, monoclonal antibodies (PCSK9 inhibitors) m ...[more]