Predicting Cardiovascular Events in Familial Hypercholesterolemia
Author(s) -
Leopoldo Pérez de Isla,
Rodrigo Alonso,
Nelva Mata,
Cristina Fernández,
Ovidio Muñiz-Grijalvo,
José Luis Díaz-Díaz,
Adriana Saltijeral,
Francisco Fuentes,
Raimundo de Andrés,
Daniel Zambón,
Mar Piedecausa,
José María Cepeda,
Marta Mauri,
Jesús Galiana,
Ángel Brea,
Juan Francisco Sánchez Muñoz-Torrero,
Teresa Padró,
Rosa Argüeso,
José Pablo MiramontesGonzález,
Lina Badimón,
Raúl D. Santos,
Gerald F. Watts,
Pedro Mata
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.116.024541
Subject(s) - medicine , familial hypercholesterolemia , framingham risk score , cohort , body mass index , population , atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease , framingham heart study , cohort study , cardiology , disease , cholesterol , environmental health
Although risk factors for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) in familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) have been described, models for predicting incident ASCVD have not been reported. Our aim was to use the SAFEHEART registry (Spanish Familial Hypercholesterolemia Cohort Study) to define key risk factors for predicting incident ASCVD in patients with FH.
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