Hidden Burden of Electronic Health Record‐Identified Familial Hypercholesterolemia: Clinical Outcomes and Cost of Medical Care

Hidden Burden of Electronic Health Record‐Identified Familial Hypercholesterolemia: Clinical Outcomes and Cost of Medical Care

Background Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), is a historically underdiagnosed, undertreated, high‐risk condition that is associated with a high burden of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. In this study, we use a population‐based approach using electronic health record (EHR)‐based algorithms...

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Main Authors: Prashant Patel, Yirui Hu, Amy Kolinovsky, Zhi Geng, Jeffrey Ruhl, Sarath Krishnamurthy, Caroline deRichemond, Ayesha Khan, H. Lester Kirchner, Raghu Metpally, Laney K. Jones, Amy C. Sturm, David Carey, Susan Snyder, Marc S. Williams, Vishal C. Mehra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-07-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
familial hypercholesterolemia
major adverse cardiovascular events
mortality
subclinical atherosclerosis risk factor
subclinical familial hypercholesterolemia
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.118.011822

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