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Acute Pulmonary Embolism in a Healthy Male With Elevated Lipoprotein(a)

Elevated lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] is a well-known risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Its role in venous thromboembolism (VTE) is unclear. We present a case of a healthy man presenting with bilateral pulmonary embolism and investigations suggested elevated Lp(a) being the only risk factor. In this...

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Autores principales: Samal, Subhankar, Singhania, Namrata, Bansal, Saurabh, Singh, Anil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7279681/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32528747
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8005