Familial Hypercholesterolemia in the Elderly: An Analysis of Clinical Profile and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Burden from the Hellas-FH Registry.
Christina AntzaChristos V RizosVasileios KotsisGeorge LiamisIoannis SkoumasLoukianos S RallidisAnastasia GaroufiGenovefa KolovouKonstantinos TziomalosEmmanouil SkalidisGeorge SfikasMichalis DoumasVaia LambadiariPanagiotis AnagnostisKimon StamatelopoulosGeorgia AnastasiouIosif KoutagiarEstela KiouriVana KolovouGeorgios PolychronopoulosEvangelos ZacharisCharalambos KoumarasChrysoula BoutariHaralampos J MilionisEvangelos N LiberopoulosPublished in: Biomedicines (2024)
Elderly FH patients have a higher prevalence of ASCVD, particularly CAD. Despite more aggressive treatment, the achievement of LDL-C targets remains very poor. These results emphasize the importance of early FH diagnosis and treatment in reducing ASCVD.