Brigham and Women's Hospital investigators link very high lipoprotein(a) with a higher 30-year risk of major cardiovascular ...

A new study published in the Journal of American Medical Association showed that among healthy women, very high lipoprotein ...

Currently available therapies such as niacin and PCSK9 inhibitors such as Repatha (evolocumab) and Praluent (alirocumab) can reduce Lp (a) levels, but their impact is modest. Another challenge in ...

A nearly 30-year study shows a strong long-term association between very high lipoprotein(a) levels and cardiovascular ...

Elevated levels of lipoprotein (a) is a genetic disease that causes cardiovascular disease. Steven Nissen, M.D., addresses why it’s important to find treatments for this genetic risk factor.

Talk to your doctor about getting your lipoprotein(a) levels tested. Sandra Revill Tremulis was a healthy 39-year-old who taught fitness classes and had recently run a marathon when extreme fatigue ...

Comparing extremes of the spectrum, multivariable analyses generally showed significantly higher risks for patients with high ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m a healthy 50-year-old woman. I asked my doctor to test me for Lipoprotein(a) after reading about it. My level was high, at 41 mg/dL. My doctor told me that it didn’t need to be ...

In a recent study published in the journal Current Medical Research and Opinion, researchers report that high lipoprotein(a) levels were linked to repeated coronary heart disease events in older ...

In an observational registry study of Swedish outpatients with type 1 diabetes, those who had high plasma lipoprotein(a) [Lp (a)] levels — defined as >120 nmol/L or approximately 50 mg/dL — were more ...