Lab Medicine Rounds

Timestamps:00:00 Intro01:00 How does the cardiovascular laboratory support patient care?01:47 Can you tell us a bit about ceramides? What are they?04:14 When should ceramides be tested? 06:04 Can you modify someone’s ceramides such that the test can be repeated and monitored, or is it once in a lifetime because ceramides or more static?08:05 What is the controversary around ceramides? 09:52 Could you give our listeners an introduction to Lipoprotein(a)?11:45 Who should be tested for Lipoprotein(a)?13:59 How do we treat elevated Lipoprotein(a)? 17:20 How did your interests in laboratory medicine develop? How has this brought meaning for you in your career professionally? 19:23 Outro Resources:1.  Ceramides and Ceramide Scores: Clinical Applications for Cardiometabolic Risk Stratification. Hilvo M, Vasile VC, Donato LJ, Hurme R, Laaksonen R. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2020 Sep 29;11:570628. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2020.570628. eCollection 2020. PMID: 33133018 Free PMC article. Review. 2.  Measuring the contributi