Study Status: Recruiting
Recruit Status: Recruiting
Study Type: Observational [Patient Registry]
Official Title: Developing and Implementing Familial Hypercholesterolemia Registry in Isfahan, Iran: Cascade Screening, Management and Long-term Follow up.
Brief Summary: Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a most prevalent genetic disorder define as high cholesterol level and premature death. The prevalence of FH reported in few countries however unknown in Iran. Thus determine the FH patient, finding diagnostic strategy and appropriate treatment are important. We intent to use cascade method to screening patients, also our expected outputs are to develop and implement a registry program for FH patients and their families and to study their genetic disorder. FH patients will be followed from management, treatment and prevention of Cardio vascular disease in order to increase premature death.