Nikolaos Bonaros

Intensive lipid lowering therapies improve LDL-C goal achievement, but does high Lp(a) remain a barrier?

Abstract Background LDL-C goal achievement is suboptimal in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). We aimed to find factors associated with LDL-C goal achievement in patients under stable lipid-lowering therapy (LLT) at admission for CABG. Methods A prospecti...

Insights on Prevalence of Hereditary Aortic Thoracic Disease and Impact on Family Screening in Routine Clinical Cardiothoracic Surgery Care

Objective: Heritable thoracic aortic disease (HTAD) is an important cause of thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection, yet remains underdiagnosed. We aimed to summarize the prevalence of syndromic and non-syndromic HTAD, describe variants of uncertain significance (VUS), and evalu...