Lipoprotein(a) as a predictor of mortality in hospitalised patients with ischaemic heart disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Elevated Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] increases the risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality in population studies but reports of whether elevated Lp(a) concentration predicts mortality in hospitalised patients with cardiovascular disease are still lacking and conflicting.

Aim

To investigate whether elevated Lp(a) predicted cardiovascular outcomes in patients with ischaemic heart disease (IHD) admitted to hospital.

Methods

Serum Lp(a) concentrations were measured in 520 consecutively recruited patients admitted to hospital with IHD, half of whom had an acute myocardial infarction. Patients with elevated Lp(a) at baseline were compared with patients with non-elevated Lp(a). In this observational prospective cohort study, multivariable Cox proportional hazards

SUBMITTER: Loh WJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12321530 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature