Lipoprotein apheresis involves the extracorporeal removal of LDL and lipoprotein(a) particles from whole blood or plasma by adsorption, precipitation or differential filtration. Used repetitively ...

Experts encourage the public to donate if able. The Transfusion Medicine Service in the UAB Department of Pathology performs therapeutic apheresis on patients who have an illness associated with an ...

Apheresis is the process of removing blood from a patient while using a special machine to separate the different components of blood. One or more components are removed to use in treatments or ...

Apheresis machine for extracorporeal elimination of LDL cholesterol in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia, hyperlipoproteinemia (a), hyperfibrinogenemia, transplant vasculopathy.

apheresis collections and various types of therapeutic apheresis, including photopheresis, transplantation immunogenetics, and HLA. Donor experience and reference laboratory consultation occur at the ...

An apheresis machine is a device which receives blood removed from a patient or donor’s body and separates it into its various components: plasma, platelets, white blood cells and red blood cells.

An IA column that selectively removes Lp(a) has also been developed. [13] A radically different approach to Lp apheresis involves extracorporeal precipitation of LDL by the addition of heparin to ...