Country leader: Professor Belma Pojskic, MD
Contact: mirpoj@bih.net.ba
Population: 3 531 159
Estimated number of FH patients: 7 062 (prevalence 1:500)
Number of patients in the database: 2 200
National center: Cantonal hospital Zenica
Other centers: Clinical Center University of Sarajevo
Contact: Azra Durak Nalbantic MD, PhD (azradurak@yahoo.com)
Lipid network in country: functional
FH programme: identifying and screening patients with high LDL from hospital database, collecting patients’ data in database, educational activities for GPs, pediatricians, internists, ophthalmologists
Criteria: Dutch lipid clinic network diagnostic criteria