Familial Hypercholesterolaemia (FH)
The CDRC Precision team have worked closely with lipid specialists in the North East North Cumbria region to develop specialist FH searches (NICE, Simon Broome, DLCNS and Famcat). The searches compare Familial Hypercholesterolaemia detection tools which have been reviewed and incorporated into the CDRC Precision FH search strategy to improve sensitivity and specificity. As part of the Familial Hypercholesterolaemia pathway, specialist lipid nurses then review the patients identified and determined who needs further assessment and/or genetic testing providing a core function of the AHSN NENC Regional FH programme.
Our FH resources, as with all of our existing toolkit’s and searches, are free to use. In order to access the detailed resources please subscribe to our newsletter here
The diagram below gives an overview of the searches and what they look for:
