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Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is the most common inherited metabolic disorder resulting in marked elevations in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C). If left untreated, lifelong exposure to elevated LDL-C leads to a substantially increased risk of premature cardiovascular disease as compared to the general population. Although FH adverse cardiovascular outcomes are potentially preventable through early identification of FH individuals and initiation of effective treatment, available evidence shows that FH is under-diagnosed and under-treated. Childhood is the optimal period for FH screening, because due to minimal dietary and hormonal influences, LDL-C levels reflect predominantly the genetic component in children and are well suited to discriminate FH from other causes of elevated LDL-C. If FH remains untreated in this latent stage of the disease, individuals show a 10-fold increase of cardiovascular risk during early and middle adulthood. In this context, an effective approach for detecting FH would be a screening during childhood or in young adolescents in combination with reverse cascade screening of first-degree relatives of FH individuals. EPIRUS-FH registry is a model program of reverse cascade screening for FH in children and adolescents in Northwest Greece that aims to increase public and physician awareness, strengthen the national registry of familial hypercholesterolemia (HELLAS-FH) and constitute the core for a national FH registry in children and adolescents in Greece.


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NCT number NCT05825612
Study type Observational [Patient Registry]
Source Hellenic Atherosclerosis Society
Contact Haralampos Milionis
Phone +302651099736
Email hmilioni@uoi.gr
Status Not yet recruiting
Phase
Start date May 2023
Completion date May 2033

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