Overview
- Provides comprehensive coverage of lipoprotein(a) and its role in the development of cardiovascular disease
- Highlights current and future therapies for combating high levels of lipoprotein(a)
- Brings awareness to an often overlooked risk factor of heart attacks and other serious cardiovascular events
Part of the book series: Contemporary Cardiology (CONCARD)
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Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] is a unique lipoprotein that has emerged as an independent risk factor for cardiovascular vascular disease. Data from case control, epigenetic and mendelian randomization studies indicate that people with elevated Lp(a) have a two-fold to four-fold increased risk of cardiovascular events compared to people with low Lp(a) levels. Despite this risk, awareness of Lp(a) is still very low among health care providers. Even cardiologists often overlook Lp(a), in part because Lp(a) is not as well-understood as other risk factors and treatment options are still very limited.
This book offers an authoritative and comprehensive overview of Lipoprotein(a). It provides an in-depth review of all aspects of Lp(a), from pathophysiology to metabolism. Chapters offer the reader a contemporary view of the important roles of Lp(a) as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. In addition, this volume discusses the clinical implications of elevated Lp(a) and current and future therapies. Lipoprotein(a) is an essential resource for physicians, medical students, residents, fellows, and allied health professionals in lipidology, cardiology, endocrinology, pharmacotherapy, and health promotion and disease prevention.Similar content being viewed by others
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Table of contents (26 chapters)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Karam Kostner, MD, Ph.D., FRACP, FCSANZ
Associate Professor of MedicineUniversity of Queensland and Mater Hospital
Brisbane, AustraliaGerhard M. Kostner, Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyMedical University of Graz, Austria
Graz, Austria
Peter P. Toth, M.D. , PhD, FAHA, FESC, FACC
Adjunct Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland USA
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Lipoprotein(a)
Editors: Karam Kostner, Gerhard M. Kostner, Peter P. Toth
Series Title: Contemporary Cardiology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24575-6
Publisher: Humana Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-24574-9Published: 04 March 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-24577-0Published: 05 March 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-24575-6Published: 03 March 2023
Series ISSN: 2196-8969
Series E-ISSN: 2196-8977
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 443
Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations, 76 illustrations in colour
Topics: Cardiology, Internal Medicine