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Alexander C. Razavi

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Cardiology fellow and clinician scientist with a special focus in preventive cardiology #Emory #CiccaroneCenter

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2024: The Year in Cardiovascular Disease - The Year of Lipoprotein(a) – Research Advances and New Findings. Elevated plasma lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] levels, which occur in as many as 1.5 billion people worldwide, are an independent and causal risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and calcific...

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2024: The Year in #Cardiovascular #Disease - The Year of Lipoprotein(a) #LPA – Research Advances and New Findings.

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www.archivesofmedicalscience.com/2024-The-Yea...

29.06.2025 22:33 👍 7 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
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Our new review on the evidence for primary prevention aspirin in individuals with elevated Lp(a) is out now. #CardioSky

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link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007...

09.04.2025 15:46 👍 23 🔁 13 💬 0 📌 0
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Allocation of #Semaglutide According to #CAC & BMI: Applying the SELECT Trial to MESA

#CardioSky #MedSky #JACCIMG
www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/...
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12.01.2025 00:51 👍 8 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0
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Traditional Risk Factors, Optimal CV Health & Elevated Lipoprotein(a)

#CardioSky #MedSky #EJPC
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academic.oup.com/eurjpc/advan...

03.12.2024 03:55 👍 14 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0

Special thank you to @hsbhatia.bsky.social for the mentorship!

03.12.2024 02:08 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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In our new study in EJPC, optimal CVD risk factor control was a/w lower risk across Lp(a) levels, though residual risk remains. These results show the importance of aggressive risk factor mgmt in patients with elevated Lp(a). @alexrazavi.bsky.social

academic.oup.com/eurjpc/advan...

03.12.2024 01:54 👍 9 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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Polygenic Risk Scores & Extreme #CAC Phenotypes in Adults ≥75 Years Old: ARIC Study

#Circulation #CardioSky #YesCCT
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www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...

25.11.2024 18:44 👍 10 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0