{"id":553827,"date":"2026-05-07T23:05:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T21:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/?p=553827"},"modified":"2026-05-07T23:06:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T21:06:06","slug":"lpa-the-underestimated-risk-factor-before-the-turning-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/lpa-the-underestimated-risk-factor-before-the-turning-point\/","title":{"rendered":"Lp(a): The underestimated risk factor before the turning point"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>One in five people worldwide has a genetically elevated lipoprotein(a) &#8211; and knows nothing about it. Unlike LDL cholesterol, this independent, causally significant risk factor cannot be significantly influenced by diet, exercise or statins. This therapeutic gap has existed for decades. Now we are close to the turning point: RNA-based drugs reduce Lp(a) by up to 95%, and the first cardiac outcomes study, Lp(a)HORIZON, expects its results in the first half of 2026. The Focused Update of the ESC\/EAS dyslipidemia guidelines published in 2025 anchors Lp(a) as a mandatory screening target for all adults for the first time.      <\/strong><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"pmpro\"><div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message\"><div class=\"pmpro_card_content\">Dieser Inhalt ist nur f\u00fcr Benutzer der Gruppe: Medizinische Fachperson zug\u00e4nglich <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/my-account\/packages\/\">Jetzt beitreten<\/a><\/div><div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/log-in\/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmedizinonline.com%2Fen%2Flpa-the-underestimated-risk-factor-before-the-turning-point%2F\">Log in here<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One in five people worldwide has a genetically elevated lipoprotein(a) &#8211; and knows nothing about it. Unlike LDL cholesterol, this independent, causally significant risk factor cannot be significantly influenced by&#8230;&hellip;... <\/p>\n<div class=\"pmpro\"><div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message\"><div class=\"pmpro_card_content\">Dieser Inhalt ist nur f\u00fcr Benutzer der Gruppe: Medizinische Fachperson zug\u00e4nglich <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/my-account\/packages\/\">Jetzt beitreten<\/a><\/div><div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/log-in\/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmedizinonline.com%2Fen%2Flpa-the-underestimated-risk-factor-before-the-turning-point%2F\">Log in here<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":553828,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","cat_1_feature_home_top":false,"cat_2_editor_pick":false,"csco_eyebrow_text":"Why lipoprotein(a) is the biggest therapeutic vacuum in cardiology  ","footnotes":""},"category":[11359,11508,11384,11548,11503],"tags":[17948,91066,91065],"powerkit_post_featured":[],"class_list":["post-553827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cardiology","category-education","category-endocrinology-and-diabetology","category-rx-en","category-studies","tag-ldl-cholesterol","tag-lipoprotein","tag-lpa","pmpro-level-required","pmpro-level-1","pmpro-no-access"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-15 01:20:29","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"wpml_current_locale":"en_US","wpml_translations":{"fr_FR":{"locale":"fr_FR","id":553821,"slug":"lpa-le-facteur-de-risque-sous-estime-avant-le-point-dinflexion","post_title":"Lp(a) : le facteur de risque sous-estim\u00e9 avant le point d'inflexion","href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/fr\/lpa-le-facteur-de-risque-sous-estime-avant-le-point-dinflexion\/"},"it_IT":{"locale":"it_IT","id":553815,"slug":"lpa-il-fattore-di-rischio-sottovalutato-prima-della-svolta","post_title":"Lp(a): il fattore di rischio sottovalutato prima della svolta","href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/it\/lpa-il-fattore-di-rischio-sottovalutato-prima-della-svolta\/"},"pt_PT":{"locale":"pt_PT","id":553818,"slug":"lpa-o-fator-de-risco-subestimado-antes-do-ponto-de-viragem","post_title":"Lp(a): O fator de risco subestimado antes do ponto de viragem","href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/pt-pt\/lpa-o-fator-de-risco-subestimado-antes-do-ponto-de-viragem\/"},"es_ES":{"locale":"es_ES","id":553743,"slug":"lpa-el-factor-de-riesgo-subestimado-antes-del-punto-de-inflexion","post_title":"Lp(a): El factor de riesgo subestimado antes del punto de inflexi\u00f3n","href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/es\/lpa-el-factor-de-riesgo-subestimado-antes-del-punto-de-inflexion\/"}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=553827"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":553829,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553827\/revisions\/553829"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/553828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category?post=553827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553827"},{"taxonomy":"powerkit_post_featured","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/powerkit_post_featured?post=553827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}