Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke AssociationHumansLipoprotein(a)Retrospective StudiesMaleFemale
Lipoprotein(a) testing trends in young ischemic stroke patients from 2015-2024: An analysis of 188,000 individuals.
Mustafa Naguib, Brett C Meyer, Francesca Felipe, Raphael E Cuomo, Michael Wilkinson, Ehtisham Mahmud, Pam Taub, Harpreet S Bhatia, Mattheus Ramsis
Published: 202610.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2025.108513
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] is a genetically determined risk factor for myocardial infarction and stroke. Elevated Lp(a) >50 mg/dL (>125 nmol/L) is common and present in about 1 in 5 individuals. Although Lp(a) may be a cause of young ischemic…
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