Results showed that IRs of MACE and MI per 100 person-years increased corresponding with the patient’s 10-year ASCVD risk score. 2,3 However, a substantially significant increase was seen among those ...

While low-density lipoprotein (LDL) particles are much more abundant than lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] particles and carry the greatest overall risk for coronary heart disease (CHD), on a per-particle basis ...

Whether to measure Lp(a), a lipoprotein associated with increased cardiovascular risk, and how to use that information in risk assessment is a hot topic in cardiovascular medicine. The American Heart ...