Familial hypercholesterolemia patients at high risk for cardiovascular events
(PHYSorg.com Medicine & Health)

Individuals with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) were able to lower their cholesterol under FH specialty care, but many are still not meeting LDL-cholesterol targets, according to the FH Foundation`s CASCADE FH Registry. In new research published in the October issue of Atherosclerosis, 52 percent of adults with FH still had LDL-cholesterol over 100 mg/dL despite being on multiple cholesterol-lowering treatments. In addition, these individuals with FH had high heart attack, stroke, and vascular procedure rates, with an annualized cardiovascular event rate of 2.21 per 100 patient years overall, and 4.57 if an individual had a prior cardiovascular event.