"Hypercholesterolemia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A condition with abnormally high levels of CHOLESTEROL in the blood. It is defined as a cholesterol value exceeding the 95th percentile for the population.
| Descriptor ID |
D006937
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C18.452.584.500.500.396
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| Concept/Terms |
Hypercholesterolemia- Hypercholesterolemia
- Hypercholesterolemias
- High Cholesterol Levels
- Cholesterol Level, High
- Cholesterol Levels, High
- High Cholesterol Level
- Level, High Cholesterol
- Levels, High Cholesterol
- Elevated Cholesterol
- Cholesterol, Elevated
- Cholesterols, Elevated
- Elevated Cholesterols
- Hypercholesteremia
- Hypercholesteremias
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hypercholesterolemia" by people in Profiles.
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Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction Is Associated With Augmented Lysosomal Signaling in Hypercholesterolemic Mice. J Am Heart Assoc. 2024 Dec 03; 13(23):e037460.
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Review of Recent Literature and Updates in Nonstatin Cholesterol Management. Mayo Clin Proc. 2024 Sep; 99(9):1449-1468.
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Endothelial Acid Sphingomyelinase Promotes NLRP3 Inflammasome and Neointima Formation During Hypercholesterolemia. J Lipid Res. 2022 Dec; 63(12):100298.
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Bempedoic Acid: A New Drug for an Old Problem. Ann Pharmacother. 2021 02; 55(2):246-251.
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Elevated cholesterol among African American adults: the role of fatalistic attitudes about health. Ethn Health. 2020 08; 25(6):835-842.
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Endothelial NLRP3 inflammasome activation and arterial neointima formation associated with acid sphingomyelinase during hypercholesterolemia. Redox Biol. 2017 Oct; 13:336-344.
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Obese mice incur greater myofiber membrane disruption in response to mechanical load compared with lean mice. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2013 Jan; 21(1):135-43.