A meta-analysis published Oct. 29, 2026, in The Lancet pooled five randomized trials of people with suspected heart attack. Retesting troponin after 1 hour instead of 3 hours didn't shorten emergency stays on average, and short-term events were low with…
In 199 patients with a major heart attack from the ASSAIL-MI trial, lipoprotein(a) rose only slightly in the first days, from a median of 17 to 25 nmol/L, and few patients changed risk category over six months.
Pooling seven observational studies of 7887 people with type 2 diabetes after a heart attack or stent, high lipoprotein(a) was linked to about double the risk of another heart attack (hazard ratio 2.17).