DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m a healthy 50-year-old woman. I asked my doctor to test me for Lipoprotein(a) after reading about it. My level was high, at 41 mg/dL. My doctor told me that it didn’t need to be ...

Elevated lipoprotein(a) levels can slowly block the arteries, increasing the likelihood of cardiovascular disease. Since no treatment is currently available for this condition, it is essential to ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a woman in my late 60s with a family history that includes an older brother who had a heart attack at a young age. My total cholesterol has hovered around 200 mg/dL for many years ...

A new study finds that elevated levels of Lp(a) may increase the risk of death from cardiovascular disease in some patie ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I’m a healthy 50-year-old woman. I asked my doctor to test me for Lipoprotein(a) after reading about it. My level was high, at 41 mg/dL. My doctor told me that it didn’t need to be ...

Most clinicians take no preventive action when a low-risk patient presents with elevated levels of lipoprotein(a), but 1 in 5 ...

In an observational registry study of Swedish outpatients with type 1 diabetes, those who had high plasma lipoprotein(a) [Lp (a)] levels — defined as >120 nmol/L or approximately 50 mg/dL — were more ...