A woman with homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia requiring lipoprotein apheresis and coronary artery bypass graft in pregnancy
Obstetric Medicine: The Medicine of Pregnancy
Published online on May 22, 2026
Abstract
Obstetric Medicine, Ahead of Print.
Homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia (HoFH) is a rare condition characterised by markedly elevated low-density lipoprotein and early-onset atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Described here is a woman with HoFH and premature ischaemic heart ...
Homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia (HoFH) is a rare condition characterised by markedly elevated low-density lipoprotein and early-onset atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Described here is a woman with HoFH and premature ischaemic heart ...