SOURCES:
Brandon Wilson, FH advocate, Florida.
Peter Gaskin, MD, pediatric cardiologist, University of Maryland Children’s Hospital; assistant professor, pediatrics, University of Maryland, Baltimore.
Mary P. McGowan, MD, chief medical officer, The FH Foundation; cardiologist, Dartmouth Hitchcock, Lebanon, NH.
National Heart, Lungs, and Blood Institute: “Blood Cholesterol,” “High Blood Cholesterol: What you need to know.”
American Heart Association: “Causes of High Cholesterol,” “Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH),” “Common Misconceptions about Cholesterol.”
FH Foundation: “What is Familial Hypercholesterolemia?” “How Do I Know I Have FH?” “Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH),” “Do You #KnowFH?”
MedlinePlus: “Cholesterol Levels.”