Effect of Low-Density Lipoprotein Apheresis on Circulating Endothelial Progenitor Cells in Familial Hypercholesterolemia

Abstract

In the short-term LA seems to stimulate mobilization of CD34+/KDR+ cells. Hypercholesterolemic patients show a lower percentage of EPCs than controls. There were no differences in the EPCs percentages between the 2 patients groups, despite the fact that LDL cholesterol levels were higher in the group undergoing LA.