Impact of age on excess risk of coronary heart disease in patients with familial hypercholesterolaemia.

Liv J MundalJannicke IglandMarit B VeierødKirsten Bjørklund HolvenLeiv OseRandi Marie SelmerTorbjorn WisloffIvar S KristiansenGrethe S TellTrond P LerenKjetil Retterstøl

Published in: Heart (British Cardiac Society) (2018)

Patients with FH are at severely increased risk of AMI and CHD compared with the general population. The highest excess risk was in the youngest group aged 25-39 years, in both sexes.

Keyphrases

acute myocardial infarction
early onset
acute coronary syndrome