Lipoprotein(a) Reduction in Persons with Cardiovascular Disease
Author(s) -
Sotirios Tsimikas,
Ewa KarwatowskaProkopczuk,
Ioanna GouniBerthold,
JeanClaude Tardif,
Seth J. Baum,
Elizabeth Steinhagen-Thiessen,
Michael D. Shapiro,
Erik S.G. Stroes,
Patrick M. Moriarty,
Børge G. Nordestgaard,
Shuting Xia,
Jonathan Guerriero,
Nicholas J. Viney,
Louis O’Dea,
Joseph L. Witztum
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1905239
Subject(s) - medicine , lipoprotein(a) , reduction (mathematics) , disease , ldl cholesterol , atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease , lipoprotein , cholesterol , cardiology , geometry , mathematics
Lipoprotein(a) levels are genetically determined and, when elevated, are a risk factor for cardiovascular disease and aortic stenosis. There are no approved pharmacologic therapies to lower lipoprotein(a) levels.
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