Although the prevalence of myocardial infarction (MI) was doubled among men compared with women with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH), both sexes had similar ages at first MI.
The median age of death from homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia is just 32 years, with many patients having had poor lipid control, shows registry data described by one expert as "terrifying."
A faculty member at Hamad Bin Khalifa University’s College of Health and Life Sciences (CHLS) recently took part in a global clinical collaboration to study a