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ReviewCurrent cardiology reports2021

The Riskier Lipid: What Is on the HORIZON for Lipoprotein (a) and Should There Be Lp(a) Screening for All?

Stephen J Nicholls, Kristen J Bubb

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Review in Current cardiology reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Review
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  5. A Modern Approach to Dyslipidemia.Endocrine reviews · 2022
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  6. Lipoprotein(a) and Metabolic Syndrome.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Stephen J NichollsMonash Cardiovascular Research Centre, Victorian Heart Institute, Monash University, 246 Clayton Road, Clayton, VIC, 3168, Australia. stephen.nicholls@monash.edu.
Kristen J BubbBiomedical Discovery Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewDespite widespread targeting of cardiovascular risk factors, many patients continue to experience clinical events. This residual risk has stimulated efforts to develop novel therapeutic approaches to target additional factors underscoring cardiovascular disease. This review aimed to summarize existing evidence supporting targeting of Lp(a) as a novel cardioprotective strategy. RECENT

findingsIncreasing evidence has implicated lipoprotein (a) [Lp(a)] in the pathogenesis of both atherosclerotic and calcific aortic valve disease. Therapeutic advances have produced novel agents that selectively lower Lp(a) levels, which have now progressed to evaluate their impact on cardiovascular events in large clinical outcome trials. Evidence continues to accumulate suggesting that targeting Lp(a) may be effective in reducing cardiovascular risk. With advances in Lp(a) targeted therapeutics, clinical trials now have the opportunity to determine whether this strategy will be effective for high-risk patients.

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Aortic Valve StenosisCalcinosisCardiovascular DiseasesAortic ValveHumansLipoprotein(a)Risk FactorsLipoprotein(a)Aortic valve diseaseAtherosclerosisCardiovascular diseaseClinical trialsLp(a)PreventionRisk factor

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