TY - JOUR
T1 - Familial hypercholesterolaemia is underdiagnosed and undertreated in the general population
T2 - Guidance for clinicians to prevent coronary heart disease
AU - Nordestgaard, Børge G.
AU - Chapman, M. John
AU - Humphries, Steve E.
AU - Ginsberg, Henry N.
AU - Masana, Luis
AU - Descamps, Olivier S.
AU - Wiklund, Olov
AU - Hegele, Robert A.
AU - Raal, Frederick J.
AU - Defesche, Joep C.
AU - Wiegman, Albert
AU - Santos, Raul D.
AU - Watts, Gerald F.
AU - Parhofer, Klaus G.
AU - Hovingh, G. Kees
AU - Kovanen, Petri T.
AU - Boileau, Catherine
AU - Averna, Maurizio
AU - Borén, Jan
AU - Bruckert, Eric
AU - Catapano, Alberico L.
AU - Kuivenhoven, Jan Albert
AU - Pajukanta, Päivi
AU - Ray, Kausik
AU - Stalenhoef, Anton F H
AU - Stroes, Erik
AU - Taskinen, Marja Riitta
AU - Tybjærg-Hansen, Anne
PY - 2013/12/1
Y1 - 2013/12/1
N2 - Aims The first aim was to critically evaluate the extent to which familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is underdiagnosed and undertreated. The second aim was to provide guidance for screening and treatment of FH, in order to prevent coronary heart disease (CHD). Methods and results Of the theoretical estimated prevalence of 1/500 for heterozygous FH,
AB - Aims The first aim was to critically evaluate the extent to which familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is underdiagnosed and undertreated. The second aim was to provide guidance for screening and treatment of FH, in order to prevent coronary heart disease (CHD). Methods and results Of the theoretical estimated prevalence of 1/500 for heterozygous FH,
KW - Atherosclerosis
KW - Cardiovascular disease
KW - Cholesterol
KW - Coronary heart disease
KW - Low-density lipoprotein
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U2 - 10.1093/eurheartj/eht273
DO - 10.1093/eurheartj/eht273
M3 - Article
C2 - 23956253
AN - SCOPUS:84890461947
SN - 0195-668X
VL - 34
JO - European Heart Journal
JF - European Heart Journal
IS - 45
ER -