When discussing high cholesterol with patients, physicians should consider the possibility of familial hypercholesterolemia, according to Ijeoma Isiadinso, MD, MPH, FACC, FASNC.
Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) “has long flown under the medical radar,” according to a press release from Emory University, even though it is “one of the most common genetic causes of early heart attacks and premature coronary heart disease.”
Without treatment, people with FH have a much higher risk of heart attack and other adverse cardiological outcomes, according to the release. So, the