Publications by authors named "L Louter"

For decades, a fasting lipid profile was required to predict the cardiovascular risk of patients. This was due to the assumption that if low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) is calculated with the Friedewald Formula, LDL-C is dependent on the triglycerides concentration, which can vary after fat consumption. However, several prospective studies show minimal differences of lipid values in fasting and non-fasting lipid profiles.

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We describe three cases, two 70-year-old males with mainly cardiac symptoms and a 34-year-old male with gastro-intestinal and neurologic symptoms. Each patient was shown to have a distinctive type of transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis (ATTR). ATTR amyloidosis is a life-threatening disease characterised by the extracellular deposition of pathogenic transthyretin (TTR).

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Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH) is an autosomal dominant disorder mainly caused by mutations in the LDLR gene, resulting in elevated serum cholesterol levels and elevated risk of premature cardiovascular disease (CVD). Timely treatment with lipid lowering medication can lower the risk of CVD to the same level of the normal population. Currently the incidence of FH is estimated at 1 in 240 persons in the Caucasian population.

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A young woman was diagnosed with SAPHO syndrome. She presented with retrosternal pain and lumbar stiffness in combination with hidradenitis. DXA scan indicated secondary osteoporosis of the lumbar spine caused by chronic inflammation.

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