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Lipoprotein(a) and coronary disease—moving closer to causality
- Source :
- Nature Reviews Cardiology. 6:565-567
- Publication Year :
- 2009
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2009.
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Abstract
- Lipoprotein(a) has been studied as a risk factor for coronary heart disease, but whether a causal relationship exists has been unclear. A study by Kamstrup and colleagues examining genetically mediated increases in lipoprotein(a) concentration now provides evidence that it could indeed represent a causal coronary risk factor.
Details
- ISSN :
- 17595010 and 17595002
- Volume :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Nature Reviews Cardiology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........1274edc20742fc22da5a44855a3f428f