1. Say What?
    Robert Bramel Robert Bramel United States says:
    April 5, 2016 at 7:59 PM

    So whether I have familial hypercholesterolemia isn't the fact that my mother, my sister and I all have extreme lipid levels, the fact that I've had total cholesterol above 350 since at least age 18 and above 600 at age 70, the fact my LDL is above 500, nor the fact I've had cholesterol arcus since I was 18, but it depends on whether I have a particular gene mutation. Sounds like the definition has been changed, since I'm sure there were no genetic tests in 1966 when I was first told I had FH.

    So now, with the new definition, perhaps my zero calcification of my coronary arteries can be explained away as "not FH". Hmmm.

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