Detecting familial hypercholesterolemia: An observational study leveraging mandatory universal pediatric total cholesterol screening in Slovakia.
Katarina RaslovaViera DonicovaKatarina GonovaAlexander KlabnikLukas TichyIan BridgesDagmar BuckovaMarie ZachlederovaTomas FreibergerBranislav VohnoutPublished in: Journal of clinical lipidology (2024)
The present study demonstrates the significance of mandatory universal pediatric TC screening in identifying families with FH and other at-risk families in need of lipid-lowering therapy.