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ArticleInternational journal of cardiology. Cardiovascular risk and prevention2024

Lipoprotein (a) and lipid-lowering treatment from the perspective of a cardiac surgeon. An impact on the prognosis in patients with aortic valve replacement and after heart transplantation.

Stanisław Surma, Michał O Zembala, Bogusław Okopień, Maciej Banach

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Article in International journal of cardiology. Cardiovascular risk and prevention, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Lipoprotein(a) and premature myocardial infarction: Mechanistic insights and implications for PCI-era residual risk.International journal of cardiology. Cardiovascular risk and prevention · 2026
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4 authors.

Stanisław SurmaDepartment of Internal Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Silesia, Medyków 18, 40-752, Katowice, Poland.
Michał O ZembalaDepartment of Cardiac Surgery and Transplantology, Faculty of Medicine, John Paul II Catholic University in Lublin, Poland.
Bogusław OkopieńDepartment of Internal Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Silesia, Medyków 18, 40-752, Katowice, Poland.
Maciej BanachDepartment of Preventive Cardiology and Lipidology, Medical University of Lodz (MUL), Rzgowska 281/289, Łódź 93-338, Poland.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lipoprotein(a) is a recognized risk factor for ASCVD. There is still no targeted therapy for Lp(a), however, drugs such as pelacarsen, olpasiran, zerlasiran, lepodisiran and muvalaplin are in clinical trials and have been shown to be effective in significantly reducing Lp(a) levels. Moreover, elevated Lp(a) levels significantly affect the prognosis of patients after aortic valve replacement (AVR) and heart transplantation (HTx). Therefore, the assessment of Lp(a) concentration in these patients will allow for a more accurate stratification of their cardiovascular risk, and the possibility of lowering Lp(a) will allow for the optimization of this risk. In this article, we summarized the most important information regarding the role of Lp(a) and lipid-lowering treatment in patients after AVR and HTx.

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Aortic stenosisAortic valve replacementCardiovascular risk optimizationHeart transplantationLipoprotein (a)

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PMID38962113
PMCPMC11219948

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