Hank, a 17-year-old high school student, suffered a heart attack during a recreational swim. An autopsy revealed that he had had
atherosclerosis and that his death had been caused by coronary artery disease. What might have been the cause of this disease that usually strikes a person much older than Hank?
Familial hypercholesterolemia is a genetic disorder which is autosomal dominant.
It is characterized by dangerously high levels of cholesterol in the blood due to the body being unable to remove low density lipoprotein (LDL)cholesterol from the blood. This LDL cholesterol is also known as bad cholesterol and it’s harmful to the body.
It could cause a heart attack due to underlying atherosclerosis and coronary artery disease caused by the disorder
