Is ACS in Young Patients a "Canary in the Coal Mine" for Familial Hypercholesterolemia?

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017 Oct 3;70(14):1741-1743. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.08.019.

Authors

Joshua W Knowles¹, Ashish Sarraju²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, California; The Familial Hypercholesterolemia Foundation, Pasadena, California. Electronic address: knowlej@stanford.edu.
² Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California.

PMID: 28958331
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.08.019

No abstract available

Keywords: cascade screening; early onset coronary artery disease; low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.

Publication types

Editorial
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MeSH terms

Acute Coronary Syndrome*
Cholesterol, LDL
Coal
Humans
Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II*
Risk Factors

Substances

Cholesterol, LDL
Coal