Prevention is the best way to ensure good health. Thus, children that come from families with a history of premature cardiovascular disease or hyperlipidemia must also be examined for hyperlipidemia, since it has been demonstrated that although atheromatosis develops over a number of years, it starts from when we are children. Hypercholesterolemia is the ultimate modifiable risk factor for premature cardiovascular disease. Therefore, it is clear that early diagnosis and treatment of hypercholesterolemia prevents atheromatosis.
The Metropolitan Hospital Pediatric Department runs a special Children’s Lipid Clinic to treat cases of hypercholesterolemia, as well as all other dyslipidemias, and to provide children and parents with relevant guidance.
