Familial Hypercholesterolemia -- Hiding in Plain Sight

In this episode, host Dr Laurence Sperling speaks with Katherine Wilemon, founder of the FH Foundation.

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Resources

The Agenda for Familial Hypercholesterolemia: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIR.0000000000000297?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed

Familial Hypercholesterolemia Foundation https://thefhfoundation.org/

Cascade Registry https://thefhfoundation.org/fh-research/registry

Finding missed cases of familial hypercholesterolemia in health systems using machine learning https://www.nature.com/articles/s41746-019-0101-5

Genetic testing in dyslipidemia: A scientific statement from the National Lipid Association https://www.acc.org/latest-in-cardiology/ten-points-to-remember/2020/08/27/13/28/genetic-testing-in-dyslipidemia

Genetic Testing for Managing Dyslipidemia https://www.acc.org/Latest-in-Cardiology/Articles/2020/11/13/20/26/Genetic-Testing-for-Managing-Dyslipidemia