Diagnosis, Prevalence, and Screening of Familial Hypercholesterolemia

Host: Alan S. Brown, MD, FACC, FAHA, FNLA Guest: Paul N. Hopkins MD MSPH Host Dr. Alan Brown continues his series of conversations demystifying familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), this week with Dr. Paul Hopkins, co-director of cardiovascular genetics and director of the Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Clinic at the University of Utah. They define FH from a genetics perspective, and discuss genetic causes, prevalence, populations with higher prevalence, and screening guidelines.