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Professor Cardiology - UC San Diego. @UCSDHealth, @stsimikas, @OxPL_apoB. Educational forum on Lp(a) and related areas-unable to give personal advice on twitter

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Results of the other poll: Answer is, High Lp(a)/Lp(a)-C. This is a "clinical pearl". When your patient does not respond as expected to any "LDL-C" lowering drug, check for high Lp(a). The Lp(a)-C is not as responsive to LDL-C lowering drugs and thus LDL-C (per the lab estimate,

Results of the other poll: Answer is, High Lp(a)/Lp(a)-C. This is a "clinical pearl". When your patient does not respond as expected to any "LDL-C" lowering drug, check for high Lp(a). The Lp(a)-C is not as responsive to LDL-C lowering drugs and thus LDL-C (per the lab estimate,