Editorial Commentary: What Determines the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Familial Hypercholesterolemia?

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Electronic address: liam.brunham@ubc.ca.
² Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Editorial

Liam R Brunham et al. Trends Cardiovasc Med. 2021 May.

. 2021 May;31(4):216-217.

doi: 10.1016/j.tcm.2020.04.001. Epub 2020 May 11.

¹ Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Electronic address: liam.brunham@ubc.ca.
² Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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Keywords: Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular Risk; Familial Hypercholesterolemia; Genetics; LDL.

Comment on

Why patients with familial hypercholesterolemia are at high cardiovascular risk? Beyond LDL-C levels.
Bianconi V, Banach M, Pirro M; International Lipid Expert Panel (ILEP). Bianconi V, et al. Trends Cardiovasc Med. 2021 May;31(4):205-215. doi: 10.1016/j.tcm.2020.03.004. Epub 2020 Mar 12. Trends Cardiovasc Med. 2021. PMID: 32205033 Review.