Treatment Gaps in Adults With Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia in the United States

• Published in: Circulation. Cardiovascular genetics Vol. 9; no. 3; pp. 240 - 249
• Main Authors: deGoma, Emil M, Ahmad, Zahid S, O'Brien, Emily C, Kindt, Iris, Shrader, Peter, Newman, Connie B, Pokharel, Yashashwi, Baum, Seth J, Hemphill, Linda C, Hudgins, Lisa C, Ahmed, Catherine D, Gidding, Samuel S, Duffy, Danielle, Neal, William, Wilemon, Katherine, Roe, Matthew T, Rader, Daniel J, Ballantyne, Christie M, Linton, MacRae F, Duell, PBarton, Shapiro, Michael D, Moriarty, Patrick M, Knowles, Joshua W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.06.2016

Background-Cardiovascular disease burden and treatment patterns among patients with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) in the United States remain poorly described. In 2013, the FH Foundation launched the Cascade Screening for Awareness and Detection (CASCADE) of FH Registry to address this knowledg...