As part of "heart health month," we're looking at lipoprotein (a). For decades, doctors have encouraged patients to monitor their cholesterol levels, with studies showing that heart disease risk ...

Thirty-year outcomes among participants in the Women's Health Study showed a stepwise increase in major cardiovascular events associated with increasing lipoprotein(a) levels starting around 30-60 ...

Brigham and Women's Hospital investigators link very high lipoprotein(a) with a higher 30-year risk of major cardiovascular events in initially healthy women. Subscribe to our newsletter for the ...