000 people in South West

Deadly inherited condition affects 22,000 people in South West

The majority of people with inherited high cholesterol condition are ‘needlessly undiagnosed’, say BHF

Approximately one in every 250 people in the South West has familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH), a potentially deadly inherited condition which, if undiagnosed, can cause people to die from a heart attack at an early age.

The British Heart Foundation (BHF) figures suggest that...