Familial hypercholesterolemia and elevated lipoprotein(a): cascade testing and other implications for contextual models of care

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• who: Brown et al. from the Department of Endocrinology, Changi General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, Medical School, University of Western Australia have published the research work: Familial Hypercholesterolemia and Elevated Lipoprotein(a): Cascade Testing and Other Implications for Contextual Models of Care, in the Journal: (JOURNAL)
• what: The authors propose the principles of management of patients with elevated Lp(a) according to five salient points, guided by the mnemonic LILAC .
• future: Future studies should address the potential impact of additional therapies that can lower Lp(a) including obicetrapib (a CETP inhibitor) (Hovingh et_al 2015 . . .
  

   

  

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