European guidelines advise measuring Lp(a) in everyone to identify individuals with very high levels, as this can be a secondary cause of familial hypercholesterolemia.

“and by the way the new guidelines are the european guidelines suggest that everybody ought to have it once in their life as they approach adulthood and you never need repeat it unless somehow you're trying to modulate it or maybe you go through menopause where it can go up a little bit”

“and the european guidelines actually they they advise to measure lp in everybody for a different reason it was to identify patients who have very very high lpa levels because we realize uh throughout the years that the having a super high lpa might be a cause for familial hypercholesterolemia”

“well the guidelines now most guidelines will tell you to measure it in everybody at least once in their lifetime”

“the european guidelines actually they they advise to measure lp in everybody for a different reason it was to identify patients who have very very high lpa levels because we realize uh throughout the years that the having a super high lpa might be a cause for familial hypercholesterolemia”

“so that's why we we simply um suggest to measure lpa well the guidelines now most guidelines will tell you to measure it in everybody at least once in their lifetime”