familial hypercholesterolemia Videos

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regular exercise to bring their cholesterol down. But for a rare group of individuals, these standard treatments do not work. One in 1000 to one in 10000 individuals inherits a gene for unusually high cholesterol called familial hypercholesterolemia. Now, a new life-saving therapy at Emory can actually wash away the bad cholesterol in these people and return cholesterol levels to normal. The therapy is the first of its kind in Georgia. This VNR features a patient who tried for years to ...

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CRY consultant cardiologist, Dr Sanjay Sharma, answers frequently asked questions about young sudden cardiac death and heart testing.

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Dr Malcolm Kendrick on Familial Hypercholesterolaemia (FH)

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