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ea0081rc5.2 | Rapid Communications 5: Diabetes, Obesity, Metabolism and Nutrition 2 | ECE2022

Association between lipoprotein(a) concentrations and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia: an analysis from the HELLAS-FH

Anagnostis Panagiotis , Rizos Christos , Skoumas Ioannis , Rallidis Loukianos , Tziomalos Konstantinos , Skalidis Emmanuel , Kotsis Vasileios , Doumas Michalis , Kolovou Genovefa , Sfikas George , Garoufi Anastasia , Lambadiari Vaia , Dima Ioanna , Kiouri Estela , Agapakis Dimitrios , Zacharis Evangelos , Antza Christina , Kolovou Vana , Koumaras Charalambos , Bantouvakis George , Liamis George , Liberopoulos Evangelos

Aims: Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] is an independent risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) in the general population. However, such a role in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is less documented. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between Lp(a) concentrations and ASCVD prevalence in adult patients with FH.Methods: This was a cross-sectional study from the Hellenic Familial Hypercholesterolemia Regi...