Do you know how to manage patients with severe (familial) hypercholesterolemia?

Abstract

A review on the diagnosis and management of patients with markedly increased plasma cholesterol levels, namely with familial hypercholesterolemia. Desription of the nation-wide MedPed project focused on the detection and follow-up of affected individuals with inhereted dyslipidemias.

Keywords

• Hypercholesterolemia
• dyslipidaemia
• cholesterol
• treatment