TCTMD: Statins started in kids with FH provide benefits in adulthood

TCTMD reports that starting statins during childhood in people with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) safely slows the progression of carotid intima-media thickness and reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease events in adulthood, according to 20-year follow-up on patients previously enrolled in a randomized controlled trial. Boston Children’s Sarah de Ferranti, MD, MPH, says she’s been waiting for this paper for a long time as it really gives us information about these kids and what happens to them decades later. Read more from TCTMD.