Child-parent cascade screening for familial hypercholesterolemia in Slovenia: Insights from the pilot program
In conclusion, the presented pilot child-parent cascade screening program is feasible in clinical practice and shows a high success rate in identifying parents with FH. Parents diagnosed through the program appeared to have a lower prevalence of CVD. However, larger cohorts are needed to confirm these findings.
Authors
- Barbara Čugalj Kern
- Matej Mlinarič
- Urh Grošelj (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5246-9869)
- Jaka Šikonja (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7843-8107)
- Tadej Battelino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0273-4732)
- Matija Cevc (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8848-9426)
- Zlatko Fras (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0442-6175)
- Ana Drole Torkar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0506-2919)
- Jernej Kovač (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3080-4838)
- Jan Kafol
- Kaja Kobale
Institutions
- University of Ljubljana (SI)
- Ljubljana University Medical Centre (SI)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Atherosclerosis
- Published
- 2025-11-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2025.120541
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.01