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Lipoprotein(a) as a cardiovascular risk factor: current status

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2010

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Børge G. Nordestgaard, M. John Chapman, Kausik K. Ray, Jan Borén, Felicita Andreotti, Gerald F. Watts, Henry N. Ginsberg, Pierre Amarenco, Alberico L. Catapano, Olivier Descamps,
European Heart Journal

Abstract

We recommend screening for elevated Lp(a) in those at intermediate or high CVD/CHD risk, a desirable level <50 mg/dL as a function of global cardiovascular risk, and use of niacin for Lp(a) and CVD/CHD risk reduction.

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