All in the family: a genetic link for critically high cholesterol

She hasn’t even reached double digits in age, but her cholesterol has pushed 400. Genetic testing confirms nine-year-old Zoe Allen has familial hypercholesterolemia – a condition stretching at least three generations back in her family. Over the years, UT Southwestern has helped great-grandmother, grandmother, mother and daughter all cut their cholesterol in half. #utswheart