Equitable Implementation of Cascade Screening for Familial Hypercholesterolemia

FH is a genetic condition that causes high LDL cholesterol starting at birth. When one individual with FH is diagnosed, it is important that biological family members are also screened, since there is a 50% chance that each first-degree relative will have also inherited FH. More distant relatives may also have inherited FH. This evidence-based process is known as cascade screening.