The burden of severe hypercholesterolemia and familial hypercholesterolemia in a population-based setting in the US

• Main Authors: Seyedmohammad Saadatagah (Author), Lubna Alhalabi (Author), Medhat Farwati (Author), Magdi Zordok (Author), Ashwini Bhat (Author), Carin Y. Smith (Author), Christina M. Wood-Wentz (Author), Kent R. Bailey (Author), Iftikhar J. Kullo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Background: Contemporary prevalence, awareness, and control of severe hypercholesterolemia (SH) and familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) and the associated atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk in the US are unknown. Method: Using electronic health records, we assessed the burden of SH and FH in...