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Heart Disease (Expert Forum)
cholesterol
Answered by
Cleveland Clinic - Heart
Cleveland - OH
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Doctor's Answer
by Cleveland Clinic, Jun 21, 2009 03:17PM
, Jun 21, 2009 03:17PM
It sounds as if she is a heterozygous carrier of the familial hypercholesterolemia gene, which is very closely linked to premature coronary artery disease. The fact that she has a normal EKG only says that she has not had an event yet, but is at very high risk of doing so in the near future. Someone should spend some time to counsel her to take HMG Coa reductase inhibitors as these have conclusively been shown to improve cardiac outcomes in such patients.
