Lipoprotein (a) is not associated with thrombus burden derived from CT pulmonary angiography in patients with acute pulmonary embolism

Abstract Lipoprotein (a) [Lp(a)] is suspected to have antifibrinolytic effects, however, its relevance for the severity of venous thromboembolic events remains unclear. We studied the association of Lp(a) levels with thrombus load in pulmonary embolism (PE). 90 patients (40% female, median age 70 [5...

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Published in:	Scientific Reports
Main Authors:	Paul Gressenberger, Florian Posch, Gabriel Adelsmayr, Eszter Nagy, Ann-Katrin Kaufmann-Bühler, Jakob Steiner, Michael Janisch, Clemens Reiter, Martin Eibisberger, Elmar Janek, Nina Softic, Michael Fuchsjäger, Katharina Gütl, Philipp Jud, Günther Silbernagel, Reinhard B. Raggam, Marianne Brodmann, Thomas Gary, Johannes Schmid
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Nature Portfolio 2024-10-01
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-77669-z