[
    {
        "id": "osp-11346",
        "type": "article-journal",
        "title": "Lipoprotein(a) and SYNTAX Score Association with Severity of Coronary Artery Atherosclerosis in North India",
        "author": [
            {
                "family": "Ashfaq",
                "given": "Fauzia"
            },
            {
                "family": "Goel",
                "given": "PK"
            },
            {
                "family": "Sethi",
                "given": "Nagraja"
            },
            {
                "family": "Rishi",
                "given": ""
            },
            {
                "family": "Khan",
                "given": "Mohammed I."
            },
            {
                "family": "Idris",
                "given": "Mohammed Z."
            }
        ],
        "URL": "https://omanscience.com/en/articles/lipoprotein-a-and-syntax-score-association-with-severity-of-coronary-artery-atherosclerosis-in-north-india",
        "language": "en",
        "issued": {
            "date-parts": [
                [
                    2025
                ]
            ]
        },
        "container-title": "Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal",
        "volume": "12",
        "issue": "4",
        "page": "465-472",
        "DOI": "10.18295/2075-0528.1407",
        "publisher": "Sultan Qaboos University",
        "ISSN": "2075-051X",
        "abstract": "Objectives: This cross-sectional study investigated the association of lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] levels as an atherosclerosis predictor and their relationship to the severity of coronary artery disease (CAD). Methods: 360 consecutive patients at Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences and King George’s Medical University hospitals, Lucknow, North India, with chest pains, CAD symptoms and on lipid-lowering therapy were enrolled between June 2009 and October 2011. Before coronary artery angiography (CAG), a fasting blood sample was assessed for lipid and Lp(a) levels. The synergy between percutaneous coronary intervention with taxus and cardiac surgery (SYNTAX) score was calculated according to the CAG results. Patients were divided into 3 groups based on CAD severity and SYNTAX scores. Results: Angiography revealed CAD in 270 patients. Lp(a) levels were higher in CAD compared to non-CAD patients (48.7 ± 23.8 mg/dl versus 18.9 ± 11.1 mg/dl [P"
    }
]