Association between Achilles tendon xanthoma and severity of coronary artery disease in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention.

CONCLUSIONS: In CAD patients undergoing PCI, ATX was independently associated with severity of CAD. Detecting ATX may be useful not only for diagnosing FH, but also for identifying patients with advanced CAD. PMID: 31992496 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Authors: Tags: J Cardiol Source Type: research