Study of the Determinants of Coronary Atherosclerosis in Familial Hypercholesterolemia
The goal of this study (interventional clinical research not involving a health product) is to assess the prevalence of subclinical coronary atherosclerosis diagnosed by coronary CT angiography in heart failure patients in primary prevention, across different levels of cardiovascular risk defined by coronary artery calcium (CAC) score percentiles (based on data from the MESA study): low risk (≤25th percentile for age, sex, and ethnicity), intermediate risk (25th \< CAC ≤ 75th percentile), and high risk (\>75th percentile). The Patients will attend an on-site visit at inclusion (and must undergo a coronary CT angiography within 6 months following this visit), will be contacted by phone at 1 year and 2 years, and will return for an on-site visit at 30 months.
• Person willing to sign the study consent form
• Person affiliated with a current social security scheme
• Person with a definite diagnosis of Familial Hypercholesterolemia, defined by a Dutch Lipid Clinic Network (DLCN) clinical-biological score \> 8 and/or an identified causal mutation in the LDL receptor (LDLR) gene, apolipoprotein B100 gene, PCSK9 gene, or apolipoprotein E gene
• Male aged 40 years or older, or female aged 50 years or older
• Ability to understand French for questionnaire completion
• Person not taking any lipid-lowering medication or on a stable dose of lipid-lowering therapy for at least one month prior to inclusion (three months for PCSK9 inhibitors) at Visit 1
• Person not taking any antihypertensive medication or on a stable dose of antihypertensive therapy for at least one month at Visit 1
• Person not taking any antidiabetic medication or on a stable dose of antidiabetic therapy for at least 3 months at Visit 1