Tag: Family Heart Foundation

New Family Heart Foundation Study Reveals Systemic Underdiagnosis and Undertreatment of Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia

Published in JAHA, Study Shows Delayed Diagnosis of HoFH, a Rare Disease, Leads to Premature Cardiovascular Disease PASADENA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A new study from the Family Heart Foundation, a leading research and advocacy organization, showed the diagnosis and treatment of homozygous familial […]

Family Heart Foundation Study Shows Significant Health Disparities in Treatment of Familial Hypercholesterolemia

Findings presented at AHA Scientific Sessions November 07, 2022 09:00 AM Eastern Standard Time CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Family Heart Foundation, a leading research and advocacy organization, shared results from an analysis of its large U.S. Family Heart DatabaseTM showing significant disparities exist in […]

Family Heart Foundation Study Shows Some Children With Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia Miss out on Decades of Life-Saving Treatment

Only Children with the Most Severe HoFH are Diagnosed Before Adulthood, Putting those Not Identified Early at Risk for Heart Disease at a Young Age Findings presented in poster at AAP National Conference ANAHEIM, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Family Heart Foundation, a leading research […]

Family Heart Foundation Study Shows Most Familial Hypercholesterolemia Patients Remain Undiagnosed

Data Highlighted in Poster Presentation at the American Society for Preventive Cardiology Congress on CVD Prevention LOUISVILLE, Ky.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Family Heart Foundation, a leading research and advocacy organization, completed an analysis of its large U.S. Family Heart DatabaseTM showing that while the […]

Family Heart Foundation’s Analysis of Large U.S. Healthcare Dataset Shows Measurement of Lipoprotein(a) Is Rare

Data Highlighted in Poster Presentation at the National Lipid Association Scientific Sessions SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Family Heart Foundation, a leading research and advocacy organization, completed an analysis of its large U.S. Family Heart DatabaseTM demonstrating that lipoprotein(a) – also referred to as Lp(a) […]