Family Screening for FH and the Use of Genetic Testing

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Last Posted: Jul 28, 2017

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• Family Screening for FH and the Use of Genetic Testing  
  The FH Foundation, July 27, 2017
• Cascade Screening for Familial Hypercholesterolemia and the Use of Genetic Testing.  
  Knowles Joshua W et al. JAMA 2017 Jul 318(4) 381-382
• Cascade Screening for Familial Hypercholesterolemia in the United States: Public Health Impact and Challenges
  JW Knowles et al, CDC Blog, July 25, 2017
• How Studying Familial Hypercholesterolemia Resulted in the Discovery of Statins as an Effective Treatment for High Cholesterol  
  JAMA Podcast, July 25, 2017
• The Cost-effectiveness of Genetic Screening for Familial Hypercholesterolemia: a Systematic Review.  
  Rosso A et al. Annali di igiene : medicina preventiva e di comunita 29(5) 464-480
• Evaluation of clinical and laboratory parameters used in the identification of index cases for genetic screening of familial hypercholesterolemia in Brazil.  
  Silva Pãmela R S et al. Atherosclerosis 2017 Jun 263257-262
• Statins for children with inherited high blood cholesterol  
  VA Kuoppola et al, Cochrane reviews, July 7, 2017
• Long-Term Cardiovascular Risk in Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia Relatives Identified by Cascade Screening  
  Kasper Aalbæk Kjærgaard, et al, JAHA June 26, 2017
• Putting Into Perspective the Hazards of Untreated Familial Hypercholesterolemia  
  PN Hopkins, JAHA, June 26, 2017
• Long-Term Cardiovascular Risk in Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia Relatives Identified by Cascade Screening.  
  Kjærgaard Kasper Aalbæk et al. Journal of the American Heart Association 2017 Jun 6(6)
• PCSK9 inhibitor access barriers-issues and recommendations: Improving the access process for patients, clinicians and payers.  
  Baum Seth J et al. Clinical cardiology 2017 Apr 40(4) 243-254
• Putting Into Perspective the Hazards of Untreated Familial Hypercholesterolemia.  
  Hopkins Paul N et al. Journal of the American Heart Association 2017 Jun 6(6)
• Prevention of cardiovascular disease in patients with familial hypercholesterolaemia: The role of PCSK9 inhibitors.  
  Pecin Ivan et al. European journal of preventive cardiology 2017 Jan 2047487317717346
• Polygenic Versus Monogenic Causes of Hypercholesterolemia Ascertained Clinically.  
  Wang Jian et al. Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology 2016 Dec 36(12) 2439-2445
• Greater preclinical atherosclerosis in treated monogenic familial hypercholesterolemia vs. polygenic hypercholesterolemia.  
  Sharifi Mahtab et al. Atherosclerosis 2017 May
• When do paediatric patients with familial hypercholesterolemia need statin therapy?  
  Hennig Matylda et al. Developmental period medicine 2017 21(1) 43-50

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