Summary
The pill lowered a special cholesterol called lipoprotein a, but heart attacks still happened 😕
Doctors will study the results to learn more and try other medicines 🧪
Key Points
4 points1
The medicine lowered lipoprotein a by a lot.
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The study showed no fewer heart attacks or strokes.
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Other companies are also making medicines for lipoprotein a.
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Doctors test lipoprotein a to see heart risk.
New Words to Learn
7 wordslipoprotein a
a tiny particle in blood that can raise heart risk
clinical trial
a careful test of a new medicine with many people
placebo
a harmless pill that looks like medicine but has no active drug
statistically significant
a result that is strong enough to be trusted by scientists
revascularization
a medical way to open blocked blood vessels
dose
the amount of medicine given at one time
PCSK9
a type of medicine that helps lower regular cholesterol
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