Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a common inherited disease affecting lipid metabolism; it is associated with lifelong exposure to high levels of LDL-cholesterol, and premature atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. FH imposes an enormous burden on patients and their relatives, due to years of life lost, and particularly, for not being diagnosed as an entity. In spite of the high LDL-cholesterol and even after an atherosclerotic event, a large proportion of individuals with FH remains undiagnosed., Criteria for diagnosing FH are based on […]