Plasma lipoprotein(a) is associated with calcification activity of the thoracic aorta and aortic valve in statin naïve individuals with diabetes mellitus

Eur J Clin Invest. 2024 May;54(5):e14167. doi: 10.1111/eci.14167. Epub 2024 Jan 24.

Jamie W Bellinge^{1

2}, Dick C Chan¹, Jing Pang¹, Roslyn J Francis^{1

2}, Michael M Page^{1

3}, Gerald F Watts^{1

4}, Carl J Schultz^{1

5}

¹ Medical School, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
² Department of Nuclear Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia.
³ Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Western Diagnostic Pathology, Perth, Australia.
⁴ Cardiometabolic Service, Department of Cardiology, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
⁵ Department of Cardiology, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.

No abstract available

Keywords: arterial calcification; lipoprotein(a); positron emission tomography.

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