Familial Hypercholesterolemia

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HEART UK statement on the management of homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia in the United Kingdom.
France Michael et al. Atherosclerosis 2016 Nov

What Gets Measured Gets Done: Public Health Progress in Familial Hypercholesterolemia
J Knowles and MJ Khoury, CDC Blog Post, November 9, 2016 

Testing toddlers for inherited heart disease 
Genomics Education UK, October 31, 2016

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Last Updated: Nov 16, 2016

• HEART UK statement on the management of homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia in the United Kingdom.
  France Michael et al. Atherosclerosis 2016 Nov
• What Gets Measured Gets Done: Public Health Progress in Familial Hypercholesterolemia
  J Knowles and MJ Khoury, CDC Blog Post, November 9, 2016
• Testing toddlers for inherited heart disease 
  Genomics Education UK, October 31, 2016
• Challenges in the health economics of familial hypercholesterolemia.
  Norman Richard et al. Current opinion in lipidology 2016 Oct
• Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia in Spain: Prevalence and Phenotype-Genotype Relationship.
  Sánchez-Hernández Rosa M, et al. Circulation. Cardiovascular genetics 2016 10
• Test cholesterol of one-year-olds to prevent early heart attacks, study suggests 
  The Guardian, October 26, 2016
• Child–Parent Familial Hypercholesterolemia Screening in Primary Care
  DS Wald et al, NEJM, October 26, 2016
• What Should Be the Screening Strategy for Familial Hypercholesterolemia
  BW McCrindle et al, NEJM, October 26, 2016
• The panorama of familial hypercholesterolemia in Latin America: a systematic review.
  Mehta Roopa et al. Journal of lipid research 2016 Oct
• Systematic analysis of variants related to familial hypercholesterolemia in families with premature myocardial infarction.
  Brænne Ingrid et al. European journal of human genetics : EJHG 2016 Feb 24(2) 191-7
• Familial hypercholesterolemia among unselected contemporary patients presenting with first myocardial infarction: Prevalence, risk factor burden, and impact on age at presentation.
  Mortensen Martin Bødtker et al. Journal of clinical lipidology 10(5) 1145-1152.e1
• Familial hypercholesterolemia in a large ambulatory population: Statin use, optimal treatment, and identification for advanced medical therapies.
  Knickelbine Thomas et al. Journal of clinical lipidology 10(5) 1182-7
• US physician practices for diagnosing familial hypercholesterolemia: data from the CASCADE-FH registry.
  Ahmad Zahid S et al. Journal of clinical lipidology 10(5) 1223-9
• Personal Stories of Patients with Familial Hypercholesterolemia
  The FH Foundation
• The Cards I Was Dealt- My Life With Familial Hypercholesterolemia
  M Ames, Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes, 2015

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Relevant Resources

• Genetics and Genomics Competencies Center (G2C2)
• NIH Genetic Testing Registry
• NIH MedGen Database
• Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM)
• PharmGKB