| Literature DB >> 22675011 |
Ahmad Al-Sarraf1, Min Li, Jiri Frohlich.
Abstract
The authors describe a patient treated with amiodarone presented with high low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels who did not respond to treatment with a statin. Both amiodarone and amiodarone induced hypothyroidism influence the synthesis of LDL-receptor which may explain the lack of effect of statin. This was confirmed by normalisation of LDL-C upon discontinuation of amiodarone and treatment with thyroxine.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 22675011 PMCID: PMC3207754 DOI: 10.1136/bcr.08.2011.4620
Source DB: PubMed Journal: BMJ Case Rep ISSN: 1757-790X