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What Should I Do About an Elevated Lp(a) Based on Current Evidence and Available Treatments?

What Should I Do About an Elevated Lp(a) Based on Current Evidence and Available Treatments?

Update: 2024-08-20
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High levels of Lp(a) impact approximately 1 in 5 individuals globally, signaling an elevated risk of heart attacks, strokes, and valve disease. How should clinicians navigate this challenge, given the current lack of specific treatment options? 

 In this interview, Raul Santos MD, PhD, and Sun Moon Kim MD, FACC discuss strategies to lowering an elevated Lp(a) based on current evidence and available treatments. 

  

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What Should I Do About an Elevated Lp(a) Based on Current Evidence and Available Treatments?

What Should I Do About an Elevated Lp(a) Based on Current Evidence and Available Treatments?