Mechanisms: how Lp(a) may promote valve disease

This episode covers:

• Cardiology This Week: A concise summary of recent studies
• Lp(a) and aortic valve stenosis
• The truth about climate change and heart disease
• Snapshots

Host: Emer Joyce

Guests: JP Carpenter, Borge Nordestgaard, Hugh Montgomery, Stephan Achenbach

Want to watch that episode? Go to: https://esc365.escardio.org/event/2548

Want to watch that extended interview on Lp(a) and aortic valve stenosis, go to: https://esc365.escardio.org/event/2548?resource=interview

Disclaimer:

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The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) does not aim to promote medicinal products nor devices.

Any views or opinions expressed are the presenters' own and do not reflect the views of the ESC.

All declarations of interest are listed at the end of the episode.

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Declarations of interests: Stephan Achenbach, Yasmina Bououdina and Nicolle Kraenkel have declared to have no potential conflicts of interest to report.

Carlos Aguiar has declared to have potential conflicts of interest to report: personal fees for consultancy and/or speaker fees from Abbott, AbbVie, Alnylam, Amgen, AstraZeneca, Bayer, BiAL, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Daiichi-Sankyo, Ferrer, Gilead, GSK, Lilly, Novartis, Pfizer, Sanofi, Servier, Takeda, Tecnimede.

John-Paul Carpenter has declared to have potential conflicts of interest to report: stockholder MyCardium AI.

Davide Capodanno has declared to have potential conflicts of interest to report: Abbott Vascular, Bristol Myers Squibb, Daiichi Sankyo, Edwards Lifesciences, Novo Nordisk, Sanofi Aventis, Terumo.

Emer Joyce has declared to have potential conflicts of interest to report: Alnylam, Bayer, Pfizer, Fire-1.

Konstantinos Koskinas has declared to have potential conflicts of interest to report: honoraria from MSD, Daiichi Sankyo, Sanofi.

Felix Mahfoud has declared to have potential conflicts of interest to report: research grants from Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (SFB TRR219), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kardiologie (DGK), Deutsche Herzstiftung, Ablative Solutions, ReCor Medical. Consulting fees, payment honoraria lectures, presentations, speaker, support travel costs: Ablative Solutions, Astra-Zeneca, Novartis, Inari, Recor Medical, Medtronic, Philips, Merck.

Hugh Montgomery has declared to have potential conflicts of interest to report: funded and runs the charity-funded non-profit 'Real Zero'. Unpaid co-chair of the UK Health Alliance on Climate Change, Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change.

Borge Nordestgaard has declared to have potential conflicts of interest to report: consultancies/talks for AstraZeneca, Sanofi, Ionis, Amgen, Amarin, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Esperion, Lilly, Arrowhead, Marea, Merck, Torrent, USV – honoraria used for research.

Steffen Petersen has declared to have potential conflicts of interest to report: consultancy for Circle Cardiovascular Imaging Inc. Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Emma Svennberg has declared to have potential conflicts of interest to report: Abbott, Astra Zeneca, Bayer, Bristol-Myers, Squibb-Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson.