Estimated Yield of Screening for Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia With and Without Genetic Testing in US Adults

Estimated Yield of Screening for Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia With and Without Genetic Testing in US Adults

Background Heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a common genetic disorder causing premature cardiovascular disease. Despite this, there is no national screening program in the United States to identify individuals with FH or likely pathogenic FH genetic variants. Methods and Results Th...

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Main Authors: Brandon K. Bellows, Amit V. Khera, Yiyi Zhang, Natalia Ruiz‐Negrón, Henry M. Stoddard, John B. Wong, Dhruv S. Kazi, Sarah D. de Ferranti, Andrew E. Moran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-06-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
cardiovascular disease
diagnostic screening
familial hypercholesterolemia
lipids
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.121.025192

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