Lipoprotein (a) in calcific aortic valve disease: from genomics to novel drug target for aortic stenosis

Calcific aortic stenosis (AS) is the most common form of valve disease in the Western world and affects over 2.5 million individuals in North America. Despite the large burden of disease, there are no medical treatments to slow the development of AS, due at least in part to our incomplete understand...

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Main Author: George Thanassoulis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-06-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520351713