Exploring Barriers and Facilitators to Indirect Cascade Screening for Familial Hypercholesteraemia in a Paediatric/Parent Population

Exploring Barriers and Facilitators to Indirect Cascade Screening for Familial Hypercholesteraemia in a Paediatric/Parent Population

Familial hypercholesteraemia (FH), an inherited disorder of cholesterol metabolism, has a prevalence of 1:250 and an associated 6- to 22-fold increased risk for cardiovascular disease. Despite the prevalence and availability of effective risk-reduction treatments, 90% of at-risk Canadians are undiag...

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Veröffentlicht in:CJC pediatric and congenital heart disease 2023-10, Vol.2 (5), p.211-218
Hauptverfasser: Dickson, Megan A., Zahavich, Laura, Rush, Janet, Hewson, Stacy, Chitayat, David, McCrindle, Brian W., Chahal, Nita
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Familial hypercholesteraemia (FH), an inherited disorder of cholesterol metabolism, has a prevalence of 1:250 and an associated 6- to 22-fold increased risk for cardiovascular disease. Despite the prevalence and availability of effective risk-reduction treatments, 90% of at-risk Canadians are undiagnosed. Indirect cascade screening from an index case is useful but the uptake is low (
ISSN:2772-8129
2772-8129
DOI:10.1016/j.cjcpc.2023.05.006