| Hospitalized COVID-19 patients with acute myocardial injury have more than fourfold higher mortality than those without such injury. |
| Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), a common genetic disease, affects over 30 million individuals worldwide, and if left untreated leads to premature atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. |
| Recent population-based analysis showed that FH patients with COVID-19 are at a significantly elevated risk of acute myocardial injury. |
| Preventive lipid management among FH patients suffering from COVID-19 needs to be continued, or even intensified, during the infection and beyond. |
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