What have we learned from Turkish familial hypercholesterolemia registries (A-HIT1 and A-HIT2)?

Background and aims Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a common genetic disease of high-level cholesterol leading to premature atherosclerosis. One of the key aspects to overcome FH burden is the generation of large-scale reliable data in terms of registries. This manuscript underlines the important results of nation-wide Turkish FH registries (A-HIT1 and A-HIT2). Methods A-HIT1 is a survey of homozygous FH patients undergoing low density...