The Family Heart Foundation’s Founder and CEO, Katherine Wilemon, and Preventive Cardiologist, Dr. Seth Baum, joined Inside South Florida to share the effects of a cardiovascular disease called high Lipoprotein(a).
“I inherited two genetic conditions that caused my early cardiovascular disease. One of them is elevated lipoprotein(a),” says Wilemon. “It causes plaque formation, inflammation and clotting. It can lead to heart attacks and strokes,” says Baum.
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This Inside South Florida segment is paid for by The Family Heart Foundation.