Country leader: Professor Marat V. Ezhov, MD
Contact: marat_ezhov@mail.ru
Population: 146 267 288
Estimated number of FH patients: 292 535 (prevalence 1:500)
Number of FH patients in database: 1 704
National center: Cardiology Research Center, Moscow
Other centers: 18
Lipid network in country: functional/in development
FH programme: fosucsed on detection and treatment of FH, population study, molecular biology all criteria for FH used (RuFH, RENAISSANCE)
Criteria: Dutch lipid clinic network diagnostic criteria
LDL apheresis: available in some centers (rare)