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

Vallejo-Vaz, Antonio; De Marco, Martina; Stevens, Christophe; Akram, Asif; Freiberger, Tomas; Hovingh, G.; Kastelein, John; Mata, Pedro; Raal, Frederick; Santos, Raul; Soran, Handrean; Watts, Gerald; Abifadel, Marianne; Aguilar-Salinas, Carlos; Al-Khnifsawi, Mutaz; AlKindi, Fahad; Alnouri, Fahad; Alonso, Rodrigo; Al-Rasadi, Khalid; Al-Sarraf, Ahmad; Ashavaid, Tester; Binder, Christoph; Bogsrud, Martin; 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; Latkovskis, Gustavs; Laufs, Ulrich; Liberopoulos, Evangelos; Lin, Jie; Maher, Vincent; Majano, Nelson; Marais, A.; Maerz, Winfried; Mirrakhimov, Erkin; Miserez, Andre; Mitchenko, Olena; Nawawi, Hapizah; Nordestgaard, Borge; Paragh, Gyorgy; Petrulioniene, Zaneta; Pojskic, Belma; Postadzhiyan, Arman; Reda, Ashraf; Reiner, Zeljko; Sadoh, Wilson; Sahebkar, Amirhossein; Shehab, Abdullah; Shek, Aleksander; Stoll, Mario; Su, Ta-Chen; Subramaniam, Tavintharan; Susekov, Andrey; Symeonides, Phivos; Tilney, Myra; Tomlinson, Brian; Thanh-Huong Truong, Thanh-Huong; Tselepis, Alexandros; Tybjaerg-Hansenb, Anne; Vazquez-Cardenas, Alejandra; Viigimaa, Margus; Vohnout, Branislav; Widen, Elisabeth; Yamashita, Shizuya; Banach, Maciej; Gaita, Dan; Jiang, Lixin; Nilsson, Lennart; Santos, Lourdes; Schunkert, Heribert; Tokgozoglu, SADBERK; Car, Josip; Catapano, Alberico; Ray, Kausik

doi:10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2018.08.051

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

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Vallejo-Vaz A. J., De Marco M., Stevens C. A. T., Akram A., Freiberger T., Hovingh G. K., ...More

ATHEROSCLEROSIS, vol.277, pp.234-255, 2018 (SCI-Expanded)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 277
Publication Date: 2018
Doi Number: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2018.08.051
Journal Name: ATHEROSCLEROSIS
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.234-255
Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background and aims: 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 different countries.