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 ...

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 ...

The recently published results of a Phase III study of the MTP inhibitor lomitapide suggests that this drug may become a useful adjunct to Lp apheresis in the future. [61] The study involved ...