Efficacy and Safety of Evolocumab in Reducing Lipids and Cardiovascular Events
Author(s) -
Marc S. Sabatine,
Robert P. Giugliano,
Stephen D. Wiviott,
Frederick J. Raal,
Dirk Blom,
Jennifer G. Robinson,
Christie M. Ballantyne,
Ransi Somaratne,
Jason C. Legg,
Scott M. Wasserman,
Robert C. Scott,
Michael J. Koren,
Evan A. Stein
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1500858
Subject(s) - evolocumab , pcsk9 , kexin , proprotein convertase , medicine , monoclonal antibody , subtilisin , monoclonal , alirocumab , endocrinology , cholesterol , lipoprotein , antibody , ldl receptor , biochemistry , immunology , biology , enzyme , apolipoprotein a1
Evolocumab, a monoclonal antibody that inhibits proprotein convertase subtilisin-kexin type 9 (PCSK9), significantly reduced low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels in short-term studies. We conducted two extension studies to obtain longer-term data.
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