TCTMD: Statins started in kids with FH provide benefits in adulthood
October 22, 2019TCTMD 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.