Long‐Term Cardiovascular Risk in Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia Relatives Identified by Cascade Screening

Long‐Term Cardiovascular Risk in Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia Relatives Identified by Cascade Screening

BackgroundHeterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia increases the risk of adverse cardiovascular events. Whether affected relatives of probands are at increased risk remains unknown. We aimed to evaluate the long‐term cardiovascular risk in heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia relatives with...

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Main Authors: Kasper Aalbæk Kjærgaard, Morten Krogh Christiansen, Morten Schmidt, Morten Smærup Olsen, Henrik Kjærulf Jensen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-11-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
coronary artery disease
epidemiology
genetics
heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia
statins
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.116.005435

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