Clinical characteristics associated with elevated levels of lipoprotein(a) in patients with vascular risk

Abstract

Lipoprotein(a) (Lp(a)) is increasingly used in the evaluation of patients with vascular risk due to its association with cardiovascular events. The purpose of this study was to identify the clinical characteristics of patients with elevated levels of Lp(a) attended in an outpatient vascular risk unit.

Keywords

• cardiovascular disease
• risk factors
• familial hypercholesterolemia
• lipoprotein(a)