Lipoprotein apheresis involves the extracorporeal removal of LDL and lipoprotein(a) particles from whole blood or plasma by adsorption, precipitation or differential filtration. Used repetitively ...
Atherosclerosis is the primary cause of cardiovascular disease, and the risk for atherosclerosis is inversely proportional to circulating levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol.
A study recently published by researchers from the Sant Pau Research Institute (IR Sant Pau) and the Stroke Unit of Sant Pau Hospital in the Journal ...
The medical team, therefore, ordered screening for elevated lipoprotein(a) -- Lp(a) -- and assessed his coronary calcium score. "His Lp(a) level was elevated at 136 nmol/L and his coronary calcium ...