Should You Get Tested for Lp(a)? The Heart Risk Most People Don’t Know About
Introduction When it comes to heart health, most of us are familiar with cholesterol numbers—LDL, HDL, and total cholesterol. But what if there’s another risk quietly lurking, invisible on a standard lipid panel? That’s the case for Lipoprotein(a), or Lp(a). This genetically driven particle doesn’t show up on routine cholesterol tests and often goes unmeasured unless you […]