TY - JOUR
T1 - Hypercholesterolemia in youth
T2 - Opportunities and obstacles to prevent premature atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease
AU - McNeal, Catherine J.
AU - Dajani, Tala
AU - Wilson, Don
AU - Cassidy-Bushrow, Andrea E.
AU - Dickerson, Justin B.
AU - Ory, Marcia
N1 - Funding Information:
Disclosure Drs. McNeal and Cassidy-Bushrow are investigators within the Cardiovascular Research Network supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) grant U19-HL91179. Dr. McNeal was supported by a grant from the American Heart Association No other potential conflicts of interest relevant to this article were reported.
PY - 2010/1
Y1 - 2010/1
N2 - Treatment of hypercholesterolemia in youth is predicated on the knowledge that we can identify those youth with this atherosclerotic risk factor most likely to develop premature cardiovascular disease. Unfortunately, this is not the case. Before we can adequately address appropriate lipid-lowering therapies in this special population, we must address and resolve current barriers related to screening and diagnosis. In this article, we describe some of the opportunities and obstacles that clinicians and policy makers confront when applying the current pediatric guidelines focused on screening and treating hypercholesterolemia in the pediatric population.
AB - Treatment of hypercholesterolemia in youth is predicated on the knowledge that we can identify those youth with this atherosclerotic risk factor most likely to develop premature cardiovascular disease. Unfortunately, this is not the case. Before we can adequately address appropriate lipid-lowering therapies in this special population, we must address and resolve current barriers related to screening and diagnosis. In this article, we describe some of the opportunities and obstacles that clinicians and policy makers confront when applying the current pediatric guidelines focused on screening and treating hypercholesterolemia in the pediatric population.
KW - Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease
KW - Hypercholesterolemia
KW - Youth
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U2 - 10.1007/s11883-009-0072-0
DO - 10.1007/s11883-009-0072-0
M3 - Review article
C2 - 20425267
AN - SCOPUS:77149154981
SN - 1523-3804
VL - 12
SP - 20
EP - 28
JO - Current Atherosclerosis Reports
JF - Current Atherosclerosis Reports
IS - 1
ER -