Major adverse cardiovascular events in homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease is common among HoFH patients and occurs at a young age. Age-of-onset of myocardial infarction was delayed by more than a decade from pre-1990 to post-1990, likely attributable to widespread use of statins and other therapies, reflecting substantial progress in the management of this rare but severe disorder.