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Healthcare Access and Cardiovascular Risk Factor Management Among Working-Age US Adults During the Pandemic

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes

0.98]) and cholesterol testing (RR 0.93 [0.91-0.96]) However, routine outpatient visits and cardiovascular risk factor screening did not return back to pre-pandemic levels, while risk factor treatment remained stable. However, routine visits (RR 0.96 [0.94-0.98]) 1.08]) remained stable.

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Epidemiology of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in polygenic hypercholesterolemia with or without high lipoprotein(a) levels

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Methods Retrospective analysis of demographics, risk factors, vascular events, therapy, and lipid profile in outpatient clinical data. In spite of a similar reduction of LDL cholesterol, vascular events occurred more frequently, and approximately 7 years earlier ( P  = 0.024) in patients with H-Lpa than in H-LDL (HR 1.96