A New Model of Care for Familial Hypercholesterolaemia: What is the Role of Cardiology?

Gerald Watts; David Sullivan; Frank van Bockxmeer; Nicola Poplawski; Ian Hamilton-Craig; Peter Clifton; Richard O'Brien; Warrick Bishop; Peter George; Christopher Semsarian; Andrew Tonkin

doi:10.1016/j.hlc.2012.04.010

A New Model of Care for Familial Hypercholesterolaemia: What is the Role of Cardiology?

Gerald Watts, David Sullivan, Frank van Bockxmeer, Nicola Poplawski, Ian Hamilton-Craig, Peter Clifton, Richard O'Brien, Warrick Bishop, Peter George, Christopher Semsarian, Andrew Tonkin

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Abstract

Familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is a co-dominantly inherited disorder that causes marked elevation in plasma cholesterol and premature coronary heart disease. There are at least 45,000 people with FH in Australia and New Zealand, but most remain undiagnosed and undertreated. To bridge this gap in coronary prevention the FH Australasia Network has developed a model of care for FH. We present the executive summary, with a commentary contrasting the recommendations with other international guidelines and highlighting the role of the cardiologist.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	543-550
Number of pages	8
Journal	Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume	21
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2012.04.010
Publication status	Published - Sep 2012

Keywords

Familial hypercholesterolaemia
Model of care
Role of cardiology

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