Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a disease that causes very high cholesterol levels, which are associated with an increased risk of heart attacks. This is a hereditary disease that leads to high levels of “bad” cholesterol and significantly increases the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases at a young age.
Prof. Yaron Arbel, director of the Cardiovascular Research Center (CVRC), Tel Aviv Medical Center, Ichilov, was a guest on a new episode of Doctalk, the podcast of the medical community in Israel for a conversation with Maya Ronen.
Listening schedule:
1:43 What is FH, how common is it, how is it diagnosed?
3:09 Why is it important to identify – SCORE, risk assessment by category?
3:44 Ways to treat FH and at what age you should start treating it
6:19 When to refer to a lipid specialist
11:58 What is the degree of responsiveness to treatment in patients?
15:18 Case story
Pleasant listening!
The show was recorded at SPS Studios
The episode is sponsored by Novartis