ScreenPro FH – Screening Project for Familial Hypercholesterolemia in Central, Southern and Eastern Europe: Rationale and Design

• Authors: ČEŠKA richard; PARAGH György; REINER Željko; BANACH Maciej; TOKGÖZOGLU Lale; SUSEKOW Andrey V.; RAŠLOVÁ Katarína; FREIBERGER Tomáš; VOHNOUT Branislav; RYNKIEWICZ Andrzej; GOUDEV Assen; DAN Gheorghe-Andrei; GAIŢĂ Dan; POJSKIĆ Belma; PEĆIN Ivan; KAYIKÇIOGLU Meral; MITCHENKO Olena; EZHOV Marat V.; LATKOVSKIS Gustavs; PETRULIONIENE Žaneta; FRAS Zlatko; TASIĆ Nebojsa; MIRRAKHIMOV Erkin M.; MURATALIEV Tolkun; SHEK Alexander B.; TUKA Vladimír; TSELEPIS Alexandros D.; MOUBARAK Elie M.; AL RASADI Khalid
• Year of publication: 2017
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Vnitřní lékařství
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Medicine
• Field: Genetics and molecular biology
• Keywords: diagnosis; familial hypercholesterolemia; screening; treatment optimization
• Description: Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a genetic disorder with well-known genetic transmission and clinical course. Despite great recent progress, FH is still underestimated, under-diagnosed and thus undertreated. Furthermore it represents a significant healthcare challenge as a common risk factor for the premature development of coronary heart disease. The ScreenPro FH Project is an international network project aiming at improving complex care – from timely screening, through diagnosis to up-to-date treatment of familial hypercholesterolemia in Central, Eastern and Southern Europe. An important task for the project is to harmonise and unify diagnostic and therapeuticapproaches in participating countries, where the situation differs from country to country. Countries with more experience should serve as a model for countries developing the FH network.