I'm delighted to have been appointed as a member of @ahajournals.bsky.social Circulation Research's Early Career Editorial Board for 2025-26! Thank you to @janefreedmanmd.bsky.social, @drkoupenova.bsky.social, & Gemma Bridges-Lyman for this selection. www.ahajournals.org/res/editoria...

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Thank you #AHAJournals for the opportunity to serve as Social Media Editor!

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1/ In this #OriginalResearch paper in @ahajournals.bsky.social, Bellamo et al evaluate Lp(a) as a prognostic marker for incident and secondary vascular disease in participants from the UK Biobank Here's a🧵summarizing key aspects of paper 🔗http://bit.ly/3HkLhP6 Let’s unpack the findings ⤵️

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2/ Prior research has focused on role of Lp(a) in development of ASCVD Lp(a)'s role in extra-coronary vascular events is less-well studied A prior study in @jama.com showed 📈Lp(a) to be associated w/⬆️risk of major adverse limb events: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36480201/

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3/ No studies have looked at Lp(a) & progression of carotid stenosis to stroke In this @ahajournals.bsky.social study, 460,544 individuals from UK Biobank with Lp(a) measured (one of the largest cohorts studied) 🟤Average age 57 🟤94.9% European 🟤54.2% Male ⬆️comorbidities in those w/⬆️Lp(a)

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