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Apr 2025
19m 52s

Hypercholesterolemia

BMJ GROUP
About this episode

Hypercholesterolemia is common condition with serious consequences. It is important that we assess, diagnose and manage it appropriately.

To find out more about this problem and what we can do about it, please do listen to this BMJ Best Practice podcast interview with Thorsten Leucker, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

For more on hypercholesterolemia, visit BMJ Best Practice.

Competing interests: TL has received grant funding for his university from Amgen and Merck.

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