The
information on this site does not replace your doctor's advice; only
your doctor can assess the benefits and risks of therapy to determine
whether LDL Apheresis using the LIPOSORBER® system is right for
you. Your doctor also can provide a complete description of reported
side effects associated with this treatment.
The
Liposorber LA-15 LDL Apheresis System is used for performing LDL Apheresis
to acutely remove LDL-C (“bad cholesterol”) from the patient’s
plasma. It is comprised of a tubing set, a hollow fiber plasma separator
(Sulflux FS-05) and two dextran sulfate LDL-adsorption columns (Liposorber
LA-15), which is our patented technology. The MA-01 is the computer-automated
system that controls the entire LDL Apheresis procedure.
The
Liposorber LA-15 LDL Apheresis System is approved by the FDA and indicated
for use to acutely remove LDL-C from the plasma of the following high-risk
patient populations (ex. Familial Hypercholesterolemia) for whom diet
has been ineffective and maximum drug therapy (such as Statins) has
either been ineffective or not tolerated:
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Patients
with LDL-C > 300 mg/dl, or
-
Patients
with LDL-C > 200 mg/dl with documented coronary heart disease
Examples
of Current Liposorber Treatment Sites Near You
(alphabetical order by state, city) |
| Cedars-Sinai
Medical Center |
Los
Angeles, CA |
|
| Transfusion
Medicine Associates |
Los
Angeles, CA |
 |
| David
C. Mishkel, MD, PA |
Boca
Raton, FL |
|
| Emory
University |
Atlanta,
GA |
|
| Evanston
Hospital: LDL Apheresis |
Evanston, IL |
|
| University
of Kansas Medical Center |
Kansas
City, KS |
|
| Massachusetts
General Hospital |
Boston,
MA | |
| Maine
Lipid Research Institute |
Scarborough,
ME |
|
| University
of Michigan/Cardiovascular Medicine at Domino's Farms |
Ann
Arbor, MI |
|
| Mayo
Clinic |
Rochester,
MN |
|
| University
of North Carolina: Only Lipid Clinic in NC to offer LDL
Apheresis |
Chapel
Hill, NC |
|
| American
Red Cross Midwest Region Blood Services |
Omaha,
NE |
|
| University
of Nebraska |
Omaha,
NE |
|
| The
Rogosin Institute/New York Presbyterian Hospital: Special
Procedure - LDL Apheresis |
New
York, NY |
|
| HemaCare
Corp/Coral Blood Services: The Mobile LDL Apheresis Service Provider
for NY, NJ, CT |
Yonkers,
NY |
|
| Hoxworth
Blood Center |
Cincinnati,
OH |
|
| Oklahoma Cardiovascular Associates |
Oklahoma
City, OK |
|
| The
Heart Group |
Lancaster,
PA |
|
| American
Red Cross/Philadelphia, PA: providing mobile service
to eastern PA, northern VA, and all of NJ, DE, MD and
DC, Philadelphia PA |
Philadelphia,
PA |
|
| The
Hospital of The University of Pennsylvania |
Philadelphia, PA |
|
| Vanderbilt
University Medical Center |
Nashville,
TN |
|
| Wausau
Hospital/Cardiovascular Associates of Northern Wisconsin |
Wausau, WI |
|
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