Join the FH Foundation at the AHA Scientific Sessions

Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH)

The FH Foundation will be in Philadelphia for the 2019 American Heart Association Scientific Sessions #AHA19. We hope you will join us at key sessions and presentations.

Session: FH in Children - What Children / Families Want From Providers?

Cat Davis Ahmed, FH Foundation vice president of policy and outreach, will join a distinguished group of clinicians to share perspectives on the child/teen's and family's perspective of what it is to receive this diagnosis and the challenges of living with FH. This session will address the ongoing challenges in recognizing and managing children and families with FH. Click here for more information.

WHEN Saturday November 16, 2019, 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

WHERE Room 11AB

Key Scientific Posters Highlight FH Foundation Research

WHAT Poster 1131: Familial Hypercholesterolemia Patients Respond to a Free Genetic Testing Offer  Poster 1135: Validation Of Flag, Identify, Network, Deliver: Find FH Using The Electronic Medical Record To Identify Familial Hypercholesterolemia Within A Single Healthcare System

WHEN Saturday November 16, 1:30 - 2:00 pm ET WHERE Zone 1, Science and Technology Hall, Level 2, Halls A-D Click here for more info

WHAT HT.MDP23. Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence

WHEN Saturday November 16, 2:15 - 2:20 pm ET  WHERE Zone 1, Science and Technology Hall, Level 2, Halls A-D Click here for more info

Key Science at AHA

We are looking forward to ACC and the exciting research and data being presented, as well as connecting with global colleagues to advance diagnosis and management of all forms of FH. Key events we are following:   LBS.06 Late Breaking Science VI: New Frontiers in Lipid Therapy PR.ME.439 - Gaps in the 2018 Cholesterol Guidelines: The Great Debate(s) EP.APS.17 - LDL, Statins and Cardiovascular Disease Prevention GE.RFO17 - Polygenic Risk Scores Session PR.SMP.173 - Update in Clinical Lipidology MP.APS.02 - Integration of Lifestyle, Treatment, and Disease AT.HB.472 - Lipid Lowering and Lipoprotein Function in Clinical Studies

Read our latest research on finding missing cases of familial hypercholesterolemia in Lancet Digital Health

Download and share our new "What to Expect: Treatments" guide.

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