Your sister has been told she a hereditary heart condition to do with lipids?

Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH)

- Inherited condition.

- Increased low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol ("bad cholesterol") and triglycerides.

- Decreased high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol ("good cholesterol").

- Build-up of fatty plaques in the arteries (atherosclerosis).

- Early development of coronary heart disease (CHD), typically in the 30s and 40s.

- Involves mutations in certain genes.