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Health screening, genetic tests might identify people at risk of premature heart disease

AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION DALLAS, May 18, 2022 — Health screening and genetic tests might identify more than 1 million U.S. adults who carry a gene for familial hypercholesterolemia, a common genetic disorder that causes elevated low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, known as “bad cholesterol,” which may lead to premature heart attack or death, according to new research published today in...