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Testing for a lipoprotein linked to heart risk is as effective as blood work

MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL BOSTON – Elevated levels of a little-known lipoprotein in the blood that may put people at high risk of cardiovascular disease can be as accurately detected by genetic testing as by conventional laboratory measurement, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have found. In a study published in JAMA Cardiology, the team reported that genetic risk...