Prediction of Familial Hypercholesterolemia in Patients at High Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk Using a Recently Validated Algorithm

Prediction of Familial Hypercholesterolemia in Patients at High Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk Using a Recently Validated Algorithm

Background: The prevalence of heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is 1 of 250 in the general population and approximately 1 of 125 in patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), yet only a minority are diagnosed. The diagnostic criteria for FH rely on a point system usi...

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Main Authors: Latifah Alothman, MD, Magdaline Zawadka, MD, Sumayah Aljenedil, MD, Mahesh Kajil, MD, David Bewick, MD, Daniel Gaudet, MD, PhD, Robert A. Hegele, MD, Eva Lonn, MD, MSc, Daniel Ngui, MD, Isabelle Ruel, PhD, Michelle Tsigoulis, RN, Narendra Singh, MD, Jacques Genest, MD, Milan Gupta, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-07-01
Series:CJC Open
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589790X19300368

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