Familial hypercholesterolaemia in patients with ischaemic stroke or transient ischaemic attack.

Thomas ToellL MayerR PechlanerS KrebsK WilleitC LangC BoehmeB PrantlM KnoflachJ FerrariP FuchsW ProkopA GriesmacherW LangS KiechlJ Willeit

Published in: European journal of neurology (2017)

The frequency of potential FH, based on clinical criteria, in patients with acute ischaemic stroke or TIA was 11.5% and that of probable/definite FH (1.3%) was similar to recently reported counts for patients with acute coronary syndrome (1.6%). FH screening using the DLCNA is feasible in clinical routine and should be considered as part of the usual diagnostic work-up.

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