Activity Overview

This activity will provide important contents from the live FH Highlights Symposium: Diagnosis and Management of Familial Hypercholesterolemia in Children and Adults, held in New York City in May 2011. The National Lipid Association has partnered with Elsevier to create an open-access, journal-indexed Internet CME/CE activity, based on slide highlights.

Target Audience

This Journal CME activity is designed for a broader audience of healthcare professionals including lipidologists, cardiologists, endocrinologists, internists, primary care physicians, pharmacists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, and registered dietitians.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

• Describe the prevalence and associated risk of familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) in order to increase awareness and understanding of the disease;
• Describe the importance of universal screening during childhood and cascade lipid screening of family members of known FH patients;
• Review management strategies to improve the care of patients with FH and reduce their elevated risk of CHD;
• Evaluate the clinical effects, safety and efficacy data for current and new treatment options for FH patients;
• Appraise treatment recommendations and evidence for screening, diagnosing and treating FH in both pediatric and adult patients (including women of childbearing potential and during pregnancy).

Faculty

	Anne C. Goldberg, MD, FACP, FAHA, FNLA Associate Professor of Medicine Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, MO
	Jennifer G. Robinson, MD, MPH, FNLA Professor, Departments of Epidemiology & Medicine Director, Lipid Research Clinic Co-Director, Prevention Intervention Center University of Iowa Iowa City, IA
	Peter P. Toth, MD, PhD, FAAFP, FAHA, FCCP, FACC, FNLA Director of Preventive Cardiology, Sterling Rock Falls Clinic, Ltd. Chief of Medicine, CGH Medical Center, Sterling, IL Clinical Professor, University of Illinois School of Medicine Peoria, IL
	Samuel S. Gidding, MD Alfred 1. duPont Hospital for Children Nemours Cardiac Center Wilmington, DE
	Matthew K. Ito, PharmD, FNLA Professor of Pharmacy Medicine OSU/OHSU College of Pharmacy Portland, OR