Acute Pancreatitis is Highly Prevalent and Complications can be Fatal in Patients with Familial Chylomicronemia: Results From a Survey of Lipidologist

D. Gaudet1, D.J. Blom2, E. Bruckert3, E. Stroes4, J.J.Kastelein4, J. Kane5, M. Malloy5, P. Moulin6, K. Retterstol7, S. G. Hughes8, S. Tsimikas8,9, J.L. Witztum9 for the FCS Lipidologists Survey 1Universite de Montreal, Chicoutimi, QC, Canada; 2University of Cape Town, South Africa; 3Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Pitie-Salpetriere, Paris, France; 4Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; 5University California San Francisco, CA; 6Hopital Cardio-Vasculaire, Lyon, France; 7University Hospital, Oslo, Norway; 8Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Carlsbad, CA; 9University California San Diego, La Jolla, CA