High Lipoprotein(a) Levels Signal Decades of Heart Risk

Long-term data in healthy women suggest targeted screening could identify those at greatest lifetime cardiovascular danger.

Thirty-year follow-up from a large cohort of healthy women shows that very high lipoprotein(a) levels strongly predict future heart disease, supporting selective screening to identify individuals who may benefit from early preventive car

Study Details

Lipoprotein(a), often written as Lp(a), has long been recognized as a genetically driven cholesterol part…