Clinical Trial: Familial Hyperlipidemia Family Registry
Study Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Recruit Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Condition: Familial Hyperlipidemia
Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
Official Title: Familial Hyperlipidemia Family Registry
Brief Summary:
The aim of the study is to identify children and families that are at risk for cardiovascular disease because of a condition known as familial hyperlipidemia.This condition may increase the risk of cardiac events such as hardening of the arteries anywhere in the body which can result in heart attacks, strokes, and death over ten fold.Children have already been assessed in the Healthy Hearts screening program and identified as having elevated cholesterol.A buccal smear will identify whether the familial…
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