Laura Fuertes Kenneally

Is one lifetime measurement of Lp(a) enough in women going through menopause? 🚨 👵🏼 🧩 Lp(a) is genetically determined, so it's assumed stable and therefore measured once in a lifetime. However, in women it may rise around menopause. How much, and whether it crosses risk thresholds, is unclear. 🎯 Objective Quantify how Lp(a) changes across the menopause and how often women cross the risk threshold (≥125 nmol/L). 📊 Results: 🔹 Women who transitioned through menopause had larger ⏫ (+3.0 nmol/L) than premenopausal (+0.7 nmol/L) or postmenopausal women (+0.7 nmol/L). 🔹 Women with intermediate baseline Lp(a) (75 to 125 nmol/L) showed the largest ⏫ 🔹Menopause raised the chance of crossing ≥125 nmol/L by 79% 💡 Takeaways 🔹 → A single lifetime Lp(a) can miss risk reclassification during menopause. 🔹 → The women at risk were those with intermediate Lp(a) (75 to 125 nmol/L). 👉 Full paper: Palmer CA, et al. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2026. lnkd.in/emi4t9Ar #LipoproteinA #CardiovascularPrevention #WomensCardiovascularHealth #Lipids #Cardiology

🚀 Arranca el I Título de Experto Universitario en Ergoespirometría y Rehabilitación Metabólica (SEC, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria y HU Toledo). Enfoque multidisciplinar y los máximos expertos como ponentes. Ilusión por empezar! 🫀🫁 @alberenguel #Ergoespirometría

The new EAPC/EACVI consensus statement on cardiovascular imaging for the evaluation of athletes is out! 📌 Key messages: 🔹 In athletes, don’t focus on isolated resting or peak values. What matters is the direction and magnitude of change from rest 🔹 Which protocol? Incremental to maximum effort. No standard protocol exists, so tailor it to the athlete and match their training modality. Exercise over drugs. 🔹 Which imaging modality? Choose to fit the indication. See the table below. 🔹 Stress echo: semi-supine cycle for image quality, upright or treadmill to unmask LVOT obstruction. 🫀 Athlete's heart vs cardiomyopathy. Favours cardiomyopathy: 🔹 ∆GLS (peak – baseline) <2% 🔹 ∆LVEF < 11% with peak LVEF < 63% 🔹 LV wall thickness >15 mm (regardless of ethnicity) 🔹 VO2peak <50 mL/kg/min or <20% above predicted 🔹 RV: borderline resting FAC or strain that fails to normalise/increase with exercise. 🔹 SAM or LVOT gradient unmasked during exercise Read Full paper 👉🏻pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3442…