Lipoprotein(a) as a cardiovascular risk factor: current status
Articles > Article · 2010
Authors: Şükrü Sertaç ÇAKI, Borge G. Nordestgaard, M. John Chapman, Kausik Ray, Jan Boren, Felicita Andreotti, Gerald F. Watts, Henry Ginsberg, Pierre Amarenco, Alberico Catapano, Olivier S. Descamps, Edward Fisher, Petri T. Kovanen, Jan Albert Kuivenhoven, Philippe Lesnik, Luis Masana, Zeljko Reiner, Marja-Riitta Taskinen, Lale Tokgozoglu, Anne Tybjaerg-Hansen
EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2010, vol 31, pp 2844-2855
Summary
The aims of the study were, first, to critically evaluate lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] as a cardiovascular risk factor and, second, to advise on screening for elevated plasma Lp(a), on desirable levels, and on therapeutic strategies.