Lipoprotein a Testing Patterns in the Veterans Health Administration

Tania Chen; Adam Furst; Natasha Din; Sofia Gomez; David J Maron; Paul Heidenreich; Shriram Nallamshetty; Neil Kalwani; Shiqin Xu; Jonathan H Ward; Anthony Lozama; Alexander Sandhu; Fatima Rodriguez

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.53300

Lipoprotein a Testing Patterns in the Veterans Health Administration

JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Jan 2;8(1):e2453300. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.53300.

Authors

Tania Chen^{1

2}, Adam Furst^{2

3}, Natasha Din³, Sofia Gomez², David J Maron^{2

4}, Paul Heidenreich^{2

4}, Shriram Nallamshetty^{2

3}, Neil Kalwani^{2

3}, Shiqin Xu², Jonathan H Ward⁵, Anthony Lozama⁵, Alexander Sandhu^{2

3

4}, Fatima Rodriguez^{1

2

3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Center for Digital Health, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
² Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.
³ Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Palo Alto, California.
⁴ Stanford Prevention Research Center, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
⁵ Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, New Jersey.

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Plain language summary

This cross-sectional study evaluates contemporary patterns of lipoprotein a testing among US veterans receiving care through the Veterans Health Administration.