Diagnosis and Treatment of Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia

Mary P McGowan; Seyed Hamed Hosseini Dehkordi; Patrick M Moriarty; P Barton Duell

doi:10.1161/JAHA.119.013225

Diagnosis and Treatment of Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia

J Am Heart Assoc. 2019 Dec 17;8(24):e013225. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.119.013225. Epub 2019 Dec 16.

Authors

Mary P McGowan¹, Seyed Hamed Hosseini Dehkordi², Patrick M Moriarty², P Barton Duell³

Affiliations

¹ Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon NH.
² Medical Center University of Kansas Kansas City KS.
³ Knight Cardiovascular Institute Oregon Health & Science University Portland OR.

No abstract available

Keywords: atherosclerosis; cardiovascular events; cardiovascular intervention; cascade screening; diagnostics; genetics; heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Adult
Child
Genetic Testing
Heterozygote
Humans
Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II / diagnosis*
Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II / genetics
Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II / therapy*
Risk Assessment