The American Heart Association’s (AHA) 2024 Scientific Session was held in Chicago in November. This is one of the premier scientific meetings of the year with over 10,000 clinicians [...]
93% of primary care conference attendees did not know their own lipoprotein(a) level In October, the Family Heart Foundation team attended a medical conference, comprised of mostly primary [...]
The American Heart Association’s (AHA) 2023 Scientific Session was held in Philadelphia from November 11-13. This is one of the premier scientific meetings of the year with over 10,000 [...]
As a new team member of the Family Heart Foundation, I was thrilled to join an organization aligned so well with my goal to make a positive impact on [...]
Together we reached over 78 million people. In 2022, the Family Heart Foundation launched the first Lipoprotein(a) Awareness Day on March 24th. This year we called on you to [...]
Jenny’s Lp(a) Story I thought it was a panic attack. In fairness, I was only 41. A nonsmoker. A longtime vegetarian with good cholesterol numbers. As physically active [...]
Lipoprotein(a), also known as Lp(a), is an important genetic factor that can increase the risk of developing atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) and cardiac events, like heart attacks and strokes. [...]
Can’t Argue with Those Results Like so many people with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), Dawn Tvrdy always knew high cholesterol ran in her family, but she didn’t have a name for it. [...]
Family Heart Foundation’s Analysis Shows Measurement of Lipoprotein(a) is Rare Among Large U.S. Healthcare Dataset Data Highlighted in Poster Presentation at the NLA Scientific Sessions SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., June 3, [...]
Family Heart Foundation Study Shows Increased Rate of Cardiovascular Events Among Individuals with High Lipoprotein(a) Results Highlighted in Poster Presentation at the European Atherosclerosis Society Congress MILAN, ITALY, May 22, [...]
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Early diagnosis and treatment can mean years, even decades of life for someone with impacted by familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) and lipoprotein(a), also known as Lp(a).
Yet a majority of people with these inherited disorders haven’t even been diagnosed.
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