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Cascade screening for familial hypercholesterolemia should be organized at a national level.
Current opinion in lipidology - 1 Aug 2022
Leren Trond P, Bogsrud Martin Prøven
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Patients with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) have a markedly increased risk of premature cardiovascular disease. However, there are effective lipid-lowering therapies available to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. This makes it important to diagnose these patients. The most cost-effective strategy to diagnose patients with FH is to perform cascade screening. However, cascade...
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