Coronary artery disease with normal lipids and low coronary artery calcium in two women with high lipoprotein(a)

Jonida Haxhi; Gene Pershwitz; Paul D Thompson

doi:10.1016/j.jacl.2019.12.009

Coronary artery disease with normal lipids and low coronary artery calcium in two women with high lipoprotein(a)

J Clin Lipidol. 2020 Mar-Apr;14(2):186-188. doi: 10.1016/j.jacl.2019.12.009. Epub 2020 Jan 2.

Authors

Jonida Haxhi¹, Gene Pershwitz², Paul D Thompson³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT, USA; Department of Experimental Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
² Division of Cardiology, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT, USA.
³ Division of Cardiology, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT, USA. Electronic address: paul.thompson@hhchealth.org.

PMID: 31983675
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacl.2019.12.009

Abstract

We present 2 patients with elevated levels of lipoprotein (a) and significant coronary artery disease despite having little coronary artery calcification. Clinicians should be aware that patients with elevated lipoprotein (a) may have important coronary artery disease with low coronary artery calcification scores.

Keywords: Atherothrombosis; Cardiovascular risk factors; Coronary artery calcium; Coronary artery disease; Lipoprotein(a).

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Calcium / metabolism*
Coronary Artery Disease / metabolism*
Coronary Vessels / metabolism*
Female
Humans
Lipoprotein(a) / metabolism*
Middle Aged

Substances

Lipoprotein(a)
Calcium