Carpe Diem
Jing Pang, Robert S Rosenson, Michael J Wilkinson, Dinesh K Kalra, Gerald F Watts · 2026
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Jing Pang, Robert Rosenson, Michael Wilkinson, Dinesh Kalra, and Gerald Watts wrote this 2026 editorial about a missed chance in heart care. Their subject is familial hypercholesterolemia, an inherited condition that keeps blood cholesterol high from birth. It affects about one in three hundred people, yet more than ninety percent of cases go unseen until a heart attack strikes early.
The editorial discusses a Canadian study in the same journal issue. In that study, heart attack patients under sixty with high cholesterol were offered gene tests right in the coronary care unit. One in ten tested patients gained a firm diagnosis, while none did under usual care. Tested patients also got stronger drug pairs and reached safe cholesterol levels more often. The authors urge hospitals to seize the moment and test at the bedside.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Jing Pang, Robert S Rosenson, Michael J Wilkinson, Dinesh K Kalra, Gerald F Watts |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 11 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |