“We need global awareness of lipoprotein (a),” Tremulis tells Fortune. “High lipoprotein (a) impacts one in five globally…And ...

Apheresis machine for extracorporeal elimination of LDL cholesterol in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia, hyperlipoproteinemia (a), hyperfibrinogenemia, transplant vasculopathy.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that 10% of people 20 years and older had high levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL), or “bad” cholesterol, between 2017 and 2020.

Some cholesterol is needed, but high levels—particularly of LDL ("bad") cholesterol—can increase the risk of heart disease. High LDL cholesterol levels cause plaque to build up in the arteries ...

Methods: The total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels of 17 patients were measured on initial presentation and compared with the levels measured after pharmacological ...

Certain foods can naturally lower low-density lipoprotein (LDL), often referred to as "bad cholesterol." These foods work by providing soluble fibre, healthy fats, and plant sterols, which help ...

However, despite the affordability of generic statins, they remain underutilised worldwide. The use of ezetimibe to further decrease plasma LDL cholesterol and the targeting of other atherogenic ...

Afterward, the liver moves the LDL out of your body, which helps prevent it from clogging your arteries. On the other hand, LDL cholesterol, or bad cholesterol, transports cholesterol to your ...

Eating too much cholesterol or saturated fat increases your risk of high LDL cholesterol, high blood pressure, and heart disease. But while cheese can be a part of a healthy, well-balanced diet, which ...

Bhatia HS, Wandel S, Willeit P, et al. A participant-level meta-analysis of 27,658 participants enrolled in six placebo-controlled statin trials was performed to assess the association of LDL-C and Lp ...

Current methods of selective Lp apheresis are immunoadsorption, dextran sulfate adsorption, heparin-induced precipitation and double filtration of LDL and Lp(a) from plasma, or their adsorption ...