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. 2023 Feb 14;44(7):626.
doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac742.

Lipoprotein(a) and progression of aortic valve calcification: a case of collider bias? Reply

Yannick Kaiser  1 , Jeremy Labrecque  2 , Erik S G Stroes  1 , S Matthijs Boekholdt  3 , Daniel Bos  2   4
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Lipoprotein(a) and progression of aortic valve calcification: a case of collider bias? Reply

Yannick Kaiser et al. Eur Heart J. .
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Conflict of interest: E.S.G.S. has received research grants/support to his institution from Amgen, Sanofi, Resverlogix, and Athera and has served as a consultant for Amgen, Sanofi, Esperion, Novartis, and Ionis Pharmaceuticals. All other authors report no conflict of interest.

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