TY - JOUR
T1 - A New Model of Care for Familial Hypercholesterolaemia: What is the Role of Cardiology?
AU - Watts, Gerald
AU - Sullivan, David
AU - van Bockxmeer, Frank
AU - Poplawski, Nicola
AU - Hamilton-Craig, Ian
AU - Clifton, Peter
AU - O'Brien, Richard
AU - Bishop, Warrick
AU - George, Peter
AU - Semsarian, Christopher
AU - Tonkin, Andrew
PY - 2012/9
Y1 - 2012/9
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Familial hypercholesterolaemia
KW - Model of care
KW - Role of cardiology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84864312879&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.hlc.2012.04.010
DO - 10.1016/j.hlc.2012.04.010
M3 - Review article
VL - 21
SP - 543
EP - 550
JO - Heart, Lung and Circulation
JF - Heart, Lung and Circulation
SN - 1443-9506
IS - 9
ER -