Useful websites
In this section
The website contains lots of useful information about lipid disorders.
Professional resources
NICE guidelines
- NICE Familial Hypercholestrolaemia guidance
- NICE Prevention of CVD (1)
- NICE Prevention of CVD (2)
- NICE PCSK9I TA (1)
- NICE PCSK9I TA (2)
NHS England guidance
- Statin intolerance pathway
- A summary of national guidance for lipid management for primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD)
Future CVD assessment tools:
Genomic Medicine:
How to diagnose Familial Hypercholesterolaemia:
- Dutch Lipid Clinics Network (DLCNS) for FH score: Useful for making possible, probable or definite FH clinical diagnosis. Available on Atherosclerosis Australia.
- Dutch Lipid Clinics Network (DLCNS) calculator: Useful for making possible, probable or definite FH clinical diagnosis. Available on Atherosclerosis Australia.
- Simon Broom FH criteria : No scoring and difficult to use in the absence of xanthomas or a family history.
- FHWales criteria: Introduced to assess the likelihood of genetic testing being recommended. This is because only around 50% of those who clinically may have FH and then screened show a known FH gene mutation.
- Familial Hypercholesterolaemia (R134) Genetic Testing Request Form
Post Bariatric Surgery Nutritional Care
- Guidance of post bariatric surgery nutritional care from the British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society (BOMSS)
- Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Perioperative Nutritional, Metabolic, and Nonsurgical Support of the Bariatric Surgery Patient - 2013 Update: Cosponsored by American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, The Obesity Society, and American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery
