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Atherosclerosis begins in childhood, and the pediatric task is not to treat adult cardiovascular disease early but to identify the children in whom lipid abnormality is inherite...
PNP-PC
PNP-PC
Atherosclerosis begins in childhood, and the pediatric task is not to treat adult cardiovascular disease early but to identify the children in whom lipid abnormality is inherited and consequential — principally familial hypercholesterolemia — while managing the far larger group whose dyslipidemia is secondary to obesity and insulin resistance through family-centered intervention. Adult risk calculators and adult treatment thresholds do not apply.
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