The Younger to Treat Familial Hypercholesterolemia the Better
A 20-year follow-up study in the Netherland concluded that initiation of statin therapy during childhood in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) slowed the progression of carotid intima–media thickness and reduced the risk of cardiovascular disease in adulthood. Of the original cohort, 184 of 214 FH patients and 77 of 95 […]