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Alejandra Vázquez-Cárdenas

Researcher at Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara

Publications -  7
Citations -  358

Alejandra Vázquez-Cárdenas is an academic researcher from Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara. The author has contributed to research in topics: Familial hypercholesterolemia & Population. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 7 publications receiving 211 citations.

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Overview of the current status of familial hypercholesterolaemia care in over 60 countries - The EAS Familial Hypercholesterolaemia Studies Collaboration (FHSC).

Antonio J. Vallejo-Vaz, +84 more
- 01 Oct 2018 - 
TL;DR: FH is a recognised public health concern, with overall suboptimal identification and under-treatment, and efforts and initiatives to improve FH knowledge and management are underway, but support from health authorities and better funding are greatly needed.
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Reducing the Clinical and Public Health Burden of Familial Hypercholesterolemia: A Global Call to Action

Katherine Wilemon, +94 more
- 02 Jan 2020 - 
TL;DR: The Global Call to Action on Familial Hypercholesterolemia thus represents individuals with FH, advocacy leaders, scientific experts, policy makers, and the original authors of the 1998 World Health Organization report.
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The panorama of familial hypercholesterolemia in Latin America: a systematic review.

TL;DR: FH is largely underdiagnosed and undertreated in the LA region, and the genetic admixture with indigenous populations, producing mestizo’s groups, may influence the mutational findings in Latin America.
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Familial hypercholesterolemia in Mexico: Initial insights from the national registry.

Roopa Mehta, +64 more
TL;DR: The results confirm late diagnosis, a lower than expected prevalence and risk of ASCVD, a higher thanexpected prevalence of type 2 diabetes and undertreatment, with relatively few patients reaching goals.