https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2014.49

Familial Hypercholesterolemia in Cardiac Rehabilitation: a new field of interest

Vol. 82 No. 2 (2014): Cardiac series
Submitted: August 20, 2015
Accepted: August 20, 2015
Published: August 20, 2015
familial hypercholesterolemia, cardiac rehabilitation, prevention
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Marco Ambrosetti
m.ambrosetti@clinicaleterrazze.com
UO Cardiologia e Angiologia Riabilitativa, Clinica Le Terrazze, Cunardo (VA), Italy.
Gabriella Malfatto
Cardiologia Riabilitativa, Istituto Auxologico, Milano, Italy.
Anna Maria Cremona
Degenza Breve Internistica, Ospedale di Circolo, Varese, Italy.
Marcello Arca
Dipartimento Medicina Interna e Specialità Mediche - Centro Aterosclerosi, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma, Italy.
Pompilio Faggiano
UO Cardiologia, Spedali Civili e Università di Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a frequently undiagnosed genetic disease characterized by substantial elevations of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C). The prevalence of heterozygous FH (HeFH) in the general population is 1:500 inhabitants, while the prevalence of homozygous FH (HoFH) is 1:1.000.000. If FH is not identified and aggressively treated at an early age, affected individuals have a 20-fold increased lifetime risk of coronary heart disease compared with the general population. This narrative review provide a concise overview of recommendations for diagnosis and treatment of adults and children with FH, and discuss the utility of considering FH as a comorbidity at the entry of Cardiac Rehabilitation programmes.

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Ambrosetti, Marco, Gabriella Malfatto, Anna Maria Cremona, Marcello Arca, and Pompilio Faggiano. 2015. “Familial Hypercholesterolemia in Cardiac Rehabilitation: A New Field of Interest”. Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease 82 (2). https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2014.49.

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