South African Medical Journal (May 2024)

Heart groups in South Africa advocate for tighter LDL-C control and lipoprotein(a) testing to curb atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease

E Q Klug,
F J Raal

Affiliations

E Q Klug: ORCiD; Cardiologist, Netcare Sunninghill and Sunward Park hospitals, Johannesburg, South Africa; School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; and Division of Cardiology, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, South Africa
F J Raal: Director, Carbohydrate and Lipid Metabolism Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; and Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2024.v114i5.1973
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 114, no. 5

Abstract

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Published in South African Medical Journal

ISSN: 0256-9574 (Print); 2078-5135 (Online)
Publisher: South African Medical Association
Country of publisher: South Africa
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://samajournals.co.za/index.php/samj/index

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