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Luis Masana
Researcher at Rovira i Virgili University
Publications - 143
Citations - 12845
Luis Masana is an academic researcher from Rovira i Virgili University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Familial hypercholesterolemia & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 28, co-authored 118 publications receiving 9720 citations.
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Familial hypercholesterolaemia is underdiagnosed and undertreated in the general population: guidance for clinicians to prevent coronary heart disease: consensus statement of the European Atherosclerosis Society
Børge G. Nordestgaard,M. John Chapman,Steve E. Humphries,Henry N. Ginsberg,Luis Masana,Olivier S. Descamps,Olov Wiklund,Robert A. Hegele,Frederick J. Raal,Joep C. Defesche,Albert Wiegman,Raul D. Santos,Gerald F. Watts,Klaus G. Parhofer,G. Kees Hovingh,Petri T. Kovanen,Catherine Boileau,Maurizio Averna,Jan Borén,Eric Bruckert,Alberico L. Catapano,Jan Albert Kuivenhoven,Jan Albert Kuivenhoven,P. Pajukanta,Kausik K. Ray,Anton F. H. Stalenhoef,Erik S.G. Stroes,Marja-Riitta Taskinen,Anne Tybjærg-Hansen +28 more
TL;DR: There is an urgent worldwide need for diagnostic screening together with early and aggressive treatment of this extremely high-risk condition, familial hypercholesterolaemia.
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Low-density lipoproteins cause atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. 1. Evidence from genetic, epidemiologic, and clinical studies. A consensus statement from the European Atherosclerosis Society Consensus Panel
Brian A. Ference,Henry N. Ginsberg,Ian D. Graham,Kausik K. Ray,Chris J. Packard,Eric Bruckert,Robert A. Hegele,Ronald M. Krauss,Frederick J. Raal,Heribert Schunkert,Gerald F. Watts,Jan Borén,Sergio Fazio,Jay D. Horton,Luis Masana,Stephen J. Nicholls,Børge G. Nordestgaard,Børge G. Nordestgaard,Bart van de Sluis,Marja-Riitta Taskinen,Lale Tokgozoglu,Ulf Landmesser,Ulf Landmesser,Ulf Landmesser,Ulrich Laufs,Olov Wiklund,Olov Wiklund,Jane K Stock,M. John Chapman,Alberico L. Catapano +29 more
TL;DR: Consistent evidence from numerous and multiple different types of clinical and genetic studies unequivocally establishes that LDL causes ASCVD.
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Lipoprotein(a) as a cardiovascular risk factor: current status
Børge G. Nordestgaard,M. John Chapman,Kausik K. Ray,Jan Borén,Felicita Andreotti,Gerald F. Watts,Henry N. Ginsberg,Pierre Amarenco,Alberico L. Catapano,Olivier S. Descamps,Edward A. Fisher,Petri T. Kovanen,Jan Albert Kuivenhoven,Philippe Lesnik,Luis Masana,Zeljko Reiner,Marja-Riitta Taskinen,Lale Tokgozoglu,Anne Tybjærg-Hansen +18 more
TL;DR: The robust and specific association between elevated Lp(a) levels and increased cardiovascular disease (CVD)/coronary heart disease (CHD) risk, together with recent genetic findings, indicates that elevated LP(a), like elevated LDL-cholesterol, is causally related to premature CVD/CHD.
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Triglyceride-rich lipoproteins and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in patients at high risk of cardiovascular disease: evidence and guidance for management
M. John Chapman,Henry N. Ginsberg,Pierre Amarenco,Felicita Andreotti,Jan Borén,Alberico L. Catapano,Olivier S. Descamps,Edward A. Fisher,Petri T. Kovanen,Jan Albert Kuivenhoven,Philippe Lesnik,Luis Masana,Børge G. Nordestgaard,Kausik K. Ray,Zeljko Reiner,Marja-Riitta Taskinen,Lale Tokgozoglu,Anne Tybjærg-Hansen,Gerald F. Watts +18 more
TL;DR: Recommendations will facilitate reduction in the substantial cardiovascular risk that persists in patients with cardiometabolic abnormalities at LDL-C goal, and that therapeutic targeting of elevated triglycerides, a marker of TRL and their remnants, and/or low HDL-C may provide further benefit.
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Low-density lipoproteins cause atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: pathophysiological, genetic, and therapeutic insights: a consensus statement from the European Atherosclerosis Society Consensus Panel
Jan Borén,M. John Chapman,M. John Chapman,Ronald M. Krauss,Chris J. Packard,Jacob F. Bentzon,Jacob F. Bentzon,Christoph J. Binder,Mat J.A.P. Daemen,Linda L. Demer,Robert A. Hegele,Stephen J. Nicholls,Børge G. Nordestgaard,Gerald F. Watts,Gerald F. Watts,Eric Bruckert,Sergio Fazio,Brian A. Ference,Brian A. Ference,Ian D. Graham,Jay D. Horton,Ulf Landmesser,Ulrich Laufs,Luis Masana,Gerard Pasterkamp,Frederick J. Raal,Kausik K. Ray,Heribert Schunkert,Marja-Riitta Taskinen,Bart van de Sluis,Olov Wiklund,Lale Tokgozoglu,Alberico L. Catapano,Henry N. Ginsberg +33 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed a method to solve the problem of the problem: this paper ] of "uniformity" of the distribution of data points in the data set.