[CE contact hours--see below.] While Lp(a) levels are generally hereditary in nature, other factors can cause elevated levels. Learn about current guidelines-directed medical therapies, and how guests Lisa Maher, DNP, ARNP, FNP-BC, FPCNA, and Kathy Byrne, MSN, CRNP, CCRN. apply these guidelines into clinical practice.

CE LINK: https://pcna.net/online-course/ce-podcast-lurking-lpa-hiding-just-below-the-surface

2018 AHA/ACC multi-society guidelines: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIR.0000000000000625

ODYSSEY outcome study: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa1801174

FOURIER study: https://www.acc.org/Latest-in-Cardiology/Clinical-Trials/2017/03/16/00/46/FOURIER

AIM-HIGH study: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa1107579

HPS2-THRIVE study:https://www.acc.org/Latest-in-Cardiology/Clinical-Trials/2014/07/15/14/43/HPS2-THRIVE

ESPRIT trial: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6201299/

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