Country leader: Professor Zeljko Reiner MD, PhD, FRCP, FESC, FACC,
Ivan Pecin. MD, MSc
Contact: zreiner@kbc-zagreb.hr, ivanpecin@yahoo.com
Population: 4 225 316
Estimated number of FH patients: 8 450 (prevalence 1:500)
Number of patients in the database: 300
National center: University Hospital Center Zagreb
Other Centers: 4 (planned)
Lipid network in country: based on MedPed – functional
FH programme: based on the MedPed FH approach, with national co-ordinating center and network of lipid clinics involved in MedPed
Criteria: Dutch lipid clinic network diagnostic criteria