Overview of the current status of familial hypercholesterolaemia care in over 60 countries - The EAS Familial Hypercholesterolaemia Studies Collaboration (FHSC)

• Main Authors: Vallejo-Vaz, Antonio J., De Marco, Martina, Stevens, Christophe A. T., Akram, Asif, Freiberger, Tomas, Hovingh, G. Kees, Kastelein, John J. P., Mata, Pedro, Raal, Frederick J., Santos, Raul D., Soran, Handrean, Watts, Gerald F., Abifadel, Marianne, Aguilar-Salinas, Carlos A., Al-Khnifsawi, Mutaz, AlKindi, Fahad A., Alnouri, Fahad, Alonso, Rodrigo, Al-Rasadi, Khalid, Al-Sarraf, Ahmad, Ashavaid, Tester F., Binder, Christoph J., Bogsrud, Martin P., Bourbon, Mafalda, Bruckert, Eric, Chlebus, Krzysztof, Corral, Pablo, Descamps, Olivier, Durst, Ronen, Ezhov, Marat, Fras, Zlatko, Genest, Jacques, Groselj, Urh, Harada-Shiba, Mariko, Kayikcioglu, Meral, Lalic, Katarina, Lam, Carolyn S. P., Latkovskis, Gustavs, Laufs, Ulrich, Liberopoulos, Evangelos, Lin, Jie, Maher, Vincent, Majano, Nelson, Marais, A. David, März, Winfried, Mirrakhimov, Erkin, Miserez, André R., Mitchenko, Olena, Nawawi, Hapizah M., Nordestgaard, Børge G., Paragh, György, Petrulioniene, Zaneta, Pojskic, Belma, Postadzhiyan, Arman, Reda, Ashraf, Reiner, Željko, Sadoh, Wilson E., Sahebkar, Amirhossein, Shehab, Abdullah, Shek, Aleksander B., Stoll, Mario, Su, Ta-Chen, Subramaniam, Tavintharan, Susekov, Andrey V., Symeonides, Phivos, Tilney, Myra, Tomlinson, Brian, Truong, Thanh-Huong, Tselepis, Alexandros D., Tybjærg-Hansen, Anne, Vázquez-Cárdenas, Alejandra, Viigimaa, Margus, Vohnout, Branislav, Widén, Elisabeth, Yamashita, Shizuya, Banach, Maciej, Gaita, Dan, Jiang, Lixin, Nilsson, Lennart, Santos, Lourdes E., Schunkert, Heribert, Tokgözoğlu, Lale, Car, Josip, Catapano, Alberico L., Ray, Kausik K.
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Science::Medicine; Familial Hypercholesterolaemia; Primary Dyslipidaemia
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/143932
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Management of familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) may vary across different settings due to factors related to population characteristics, practice, resources and/or policies. We conducted a survey among the worldwide network of EAS FHSC Lead Investigators to provide an overview of FH status in diff...