Familial hypercholesterolaemia in children and adolescents: gaining decades of life by optimizing detection and treatment.

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Published in Eur Heart J on May 25, 2015

Authors

Albert Wiegman1, Samuel S Gidding2, Gerald F Watts3, M John Chapman4, Henry N Ginsberg5, Marina Cuchel6, Leiv Ose7, Maurizio Averna8, Catherine Boileau9, Jan Borén10, Eric Bruckert11, Alberico L Catapano12, Joep C Defesche13, Olivier S Descamps14, Robert A Hegele15, G Kees Hovingh13, Steve E Humphries16, Petri T Kovanen17, Jan Albert Kuivenhoven18, Luis Masana19, Børge G Nordestgaard20, Päivi Pajukanta21, Klaus G Parhofer22, Frederick J Raal23, Kausik K Ray24, Raul D Santos25, Anton F H Stalenhoef26, Elisabeth Steinhagen-Thiessen27, Erik S Stroes13, Marja-Riitta Taskinen28, Anne Tybjærg-Hansen29, Olov Wiklund30, European Atherosclerosis Society Consensus Panel

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Paediatrics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands a.wiegman@amc.uva.nl.
2: Nemours Cardiac Center, A. I. DuPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE, USA.
3: School of Medicine and Pharmacology, Royal Perth Hospital Unit, The University of Western Australia, Western Australia, Australia.
4: Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris, France National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM), Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, Paris, France.
5: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, USA.
6: Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
7: Department of Nutrition, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway Lipid Clinic, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
8: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Palermo, Italy.
9: Diderot Medical School, University Paris 7, Paris, France Genetics Department, Bichat University Hospital, Paris, France INSERM U698, Paris, France.
10: Department of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, Göteborg University, Gothenburg, Sweden Wallenberg Laboratory for Cardiovascular Research, Gothenburg, Sweden.
11: Department of Endocrinology and Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, University Hospital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
12: Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Milano, Milan, Italy Multimedica IRCSS, Milan, Italy.
13: Department of Vascular Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
14: Centre Hospitalier Jolimont-Lobbes, Nivelles-Tubize, Belgium.
15: Robarts Research Institute, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.
16: Centre for Cardiovascular Genetics, University College London, Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, London, UK.
17: Wihuri Research Institute, Helsinki, Finland.
18: Department of Pediatrics, Section Molecular Genetics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
19: Vascular Medicine and Metabolic Unit, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University Rovira and Virgili, Reus-Tarragona, Spain.
20: Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Herlev Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
21: Department of Human Genetics, Center for Metabolic Disease Prevention, University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
22: Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
23: Carbohydrate & Lipid Metabolism Research Unit; and Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
24: Department of Primary Care and Public Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College, London, UK.
25: Lipid Clinic of the Heart Institute (InCor), University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Department of Cardiology, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil.
26: Department of Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
27: Evangelisches Geriatriezentrum Berlin gGmbH (EGZB), Berlin, Germany Charité - Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany.
28: Research Programs Unit, Diabetes & Obesity, University of Helsinki and Heart & Lung Centre, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
29: Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Section for Molecular Genetics, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
30: Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden Department of Cardiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Associated clinical trials:

The Use of Mobile Health Technology and Behavioral Economics to Encourage Adherence in Adolescents | NCT04458766

Universal Familial Hypercholesterolemia Screening in Children | NCT04507984

TREating Pediatric Obesity (TREPO) | NCT05124847

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