Establishing a national screening programme for familial hypercholesterolaemia in Lithuania

Familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is a widely underdiagnosed genetic disorder characterized by severely elevated levels of serum cholesterol and associated with premature mortality. Screening programmes and registries have been established worldwide to find and monitor patients with FH. The aim of this paper was to describe the approaches currently applied to identify patients with possible FH in Lithuania.
Source: Atherosclerosis - Category: Cardiology Authors: Tags: Original article Source Type: research