Familial hypercholesterolemia [NEW TOPIC PAGE]

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Last Posted: May 30, 2020

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• Prevalence of Familial Hypercholesterolemia Among the General Population and Patients With Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
  P Hu et al, Circulation, May 28, 2020
• Worldwide Prevalence of Familial Hypercholesterolemia: Meta-Analyses of 11 Million Subjects.
  Beheshti Sabina O et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2020 May 75(20) 2553-2566
• Assessment of medical intern's knowledge, awareness and practice of familial hypercholesterolemia at academic institutes in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
  Alzahrani Sami H et al. Lipids in health and disease 2020 May 19(1) 101
• Health economic evaluation of screening and treating children with familial hypercholesterolemia early in life: Many happy returns on investment?
  Z Ademi et al, Atherosclerosis, May 20, 2020
• Prevalence of genetically verified familial hypercholesterolemia among young (<45 years) Norwegian patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction.
  Bogsrud Martin P et al. Journal of clinical lipidology 2020 Apr
• Individualized low-density lipoprotein cholesterol reduction with alirocumab titration strategy in heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia: Results from an open-label extension of the ODYSSEY LONG TERM trial.
  Dufour Robert et al. Journal of clinical lipidology 13(1) 138-147
• Brief recommendations on the management of adult patients with familial hypercholesterolemia during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  Banach Maciej et al. Pharmacological research 2020 May 104891
• Association of Rare Pathogenic DNA Variants for Familial Hypercholesterolemia, Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Syndrome, and Lynch Syndrome With Disease Risk in Adults According to Family History.
  Patel Aniruddh P et al. JAMA network open 2020 Apr 3(4) e203959
• [CME: Familial Hypercholesterolemia - Statin Treatment during Pregnancy and Breastfeeding].
  Shala-Haskaj Pranvera et al. Praxis 2020 Apr 109(6) 405-410
• A catalog of the pathogenic mutations of LDL receptor gene in Japanese familial hypercholesterolemia.
  Tada Hayato et al. Journal of clinical lipidology 2020 Mar

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