In conclusion, it is the hope of the NLA that the efforts to improve the management and identification of patients with FH will help to identify individuals at risk and to get these patients treated early and aggressively. In this way it is hoped that this will prevent unnecessary events such as happened to the patient, seen in this Figure. She had complained for many months of symptoms of chest pain and unstable angina, but most of her symptoms were ignored until she had a mild myocardial infarction in her late 30s and was found to have 100% occlusion in her LAD. You can learn more about her on the NLA Foundation website.
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