Prognostic value of lipoprotein (a) level in patients with coronary artery disease: a meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Elevated lipoprotein (a) is recognized as a risk factor for incident cardiovascular events in the general population and established cardiovascular disease patients. However, there are conflicting findings on the prognostic utility of elevated lipoprotein (a) level in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD).Thus, we performed a meta-analysis to evaluate the prognostic value of elevated lipoprotein (a) level in CAD patients.

Methods and results

A systematic literature search of PubMed and Embase databases was conducted until April 16, 2019. Observational studies reporting the prognostic value of elevated lipoprotein (a) level for cardiac events (cardiac death and acute coronary syndrome), cardiovascular events (death, stroke, acute coronary syndrome or coronary

SUBMITTER: Wang Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6615167 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature