Does a blood-cleaning treatment help heart patients with high Lp(a)?
Long-term lipoprotein apheresis reduces cardiovascular events in high-risk patients with isolated lipoprotein(a) elevation.
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A treatment that cleans bad fats from the blood helped people with very high Lp(a) and low LDL-C have far fewer heart attacks and other heart problems.
No biological mechanisms were identified in this study. This may be an epidemiological, observational, or survey-based study that reports associations rather than proposing causal biological pathways.
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Groups of people are followed over time to see who develops an outcome. Strong for identifying risk factors and associations, but cannot prove causation as firmly as RCTs.
Not medical advice. For informational purposes only. Always consult a healthcare professional. Terms
A treatment that cleans bad fats from the blood helped people with very high Lp(a) and low LDL-C have far fewer heart attacks and other heart problems.
No biological mechanisms were identified in this study. This may be an epidemiological, observational, or survey-based study that reports associations rather than proposing causal biological pathways.
Systematic Reviews & Meta-Analyses
Max 100Randomized Controlled Trials
Max 90Cohort Studies
Max 72Case-Control Studies
Max 58Cross-Sectional Studies
Max 44Case Reports & Case Series
Max 30Expert Opinion & Narrative Reviews
Max 539 / 72
Evidence Score
Groups of people are followed over time to see who develops an outcome. Strong for identifying risk factors and associations, but cannot prove causation as firmly as RCTs.
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Schumann F, Kassner U, Spira D, Zimmermann FF, Bobbert T, Steinhagen-Thiessen E, Hollstein T
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For people at high risk of heart problems who have a specific bad cholesterol (Lp(a)) but normal LDL, a special blood-cleaning treatment called lipoprotein apheresis cuts their chances of having a heart attack or stroke by more than 70% each year.
For people who have high levels of a risky blood fat called lipoprotein(a) but normal cholesterol, a special blood-cleaning treatment called lipoprotein apheresis can help prevent heart attacks and strokes for many years.
For people at high risk of heart problems who have a specific bad cholesterol (Lp(a)) that’s high but regular cholesterol is normal, a special blood-cleaning treatment called lipoprotein apheresis cuts their heart attacks and strokes by more than two-thirds each year.
A special blood-filtering treatment called lipoprotein apheresis can cut down a harmful type of cholesterol called Lp(a) by about two-thirds in people who have high levels of it but normal LDL cholesterol, and this effect lasts for years.
A special blood-filtering treatment called lipoprotein apheresis can lower 'bad' cholesterol by almost 60% in people who have high levels of a risky protein called Lp(a) but otherwise normal cholesterol—after using it for about 7 years on average.