Making FH Visible in 2015

80percent


Did you know 80% of
cardiologists are unaware
of the prevalence of FH?

Every33Seconds

Every 33 seconds an
individual in the United States has a heart attack.

HeartBeat

FH leads to early heart
attacks. 50% of people die
fromtheir first heart attack.

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MAKING FH VISIBLE

Doctor
378 doctors across 14 countries who specialize in FH are now in our physician referral network.




Documentthe Family Heart Foundation published 6 articles in peer-reviewed journals and 4 abstract presentations at medical conferences.



collage-2the Family Heart Foundation media reach
was 212 million people in 2015.




Familythe Family Heart Foundation’s CASCADE FH Registry™ doubled its enrollment to more than 2800 new patients.
Twitter
27.5 million people saw our
message of hope on September 24th, FH Awareness Day.


FHSpeech
In 2015, the Family Heart Foundation participated in over 40 speaking events around the world.



heatmapBased on our FIND FH™ algorithm,
we launched the first FH heat map showing locations of probable FH patients in the US.


PCSK9the Family Heart Foundation represented the FH population at the PCSK9 FDA hearings. The outcome: new therapy options for FH.






























90percentf
of people with FH are still undiagnosed

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HELP US SAVE LIVES

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$28 sends vital information to a doctor to increase diagnosis rates





$67 educates patients about treatments that can save their lives




$139 to support the Family Heart Foundation contact center’s outreach













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the Family Heart Foundation is grateful to the many individual donors
who make our work possible.


 

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