Abstract This 2022 European Atherosclerosis Society lipoprotein (a)[Lp (a)] consensus
statement updates evidence for the role of Lp (a) in atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease …

Background: Contemporary studies suggest that familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is more
frequent than previously reported and increasingly recognized as affecting individuals of all …

Background Despite the greater prevalence of familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) in
subjects with ischemic heart disease (IHD), premature IHD, and severe …

Health professionals are encouraged to take the ESC Guidelines fully into account when
exercising their clinical judgment, as well as in the determination and the implementation of …

version of the Guidelines, which is freely available via the ESC and EAS websites and
hosted on their journals' websites (EHJ and Atherosclerosis Journal). The National Cardiac …

Summary Each year, the American Heart Association (AHA), in conjunction with the National
Institutes of Health and other government agencies, brings together in a single document the …

Background Familial hypercholesterolemia is characterized by an elevated level of low-
density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and an increased risk of premature atherosclerotic …

A key public health need is to identify individuals at high risk for a given disease to enable
enhanced screening or preventive therapies. Because most common diseases have a …

Summary Each year, the American Heart Association (AHA), in conjunction with the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and other government …

Lipids are insoluble in water and therefore cholesterol and triglycerides need to be
transported in association with proteins (ie, lipoproteins) in the bloodstream. Lipoproteins …