News
December 7 , 2006 - New Billing Code and Medicare Payment Recommendation Issued for Lp-PLA2 Testing
November 14, 2006 - Studies Presented at AHA Confirm Role of Inflammatory Marker Lp-PLA2 in Assessing Cardiovascular Risk and in Secondary Prevention
November 8, 2006 - diaDexus Reports Study Showing Lp-PLA2 Is an Independent Marker of Coronary Artery Disease and Death
November 1, 2006 - Study Suggests Lp-PLA2 Plays a Causal Role in Plaque Instability and Subsequent Sudden Coronary Death
October 24, 2006 - Study Shows Inflammatory Enzyme Lp-PLA2 Predicts Recurrent Stroke
October 9, 2006 - Extended Release Niacin Reduces Cardiovascular Inflammatory Marker Lp-PLA2
August 1, 2006 - Panel Recommends Values for Lp-PLA2 in the Assessment of Cardiovascular Disease Risk
June 26, 2006 - New Data Published in an American Heart Association Journal Shows that Lipoprotein-Associated Phospholipase A2 Independently Adds to the Diagnostic Accuracy of Traditional Risk Assessment for Future Cardiovascular Events
January 18, 2006 - New Study Shows That Elevated Lp-PLA2 Signals Early Endothelial Dysfunction, a Marker of Atherosclerosis, In Humans
June 17, 2005 - diaDexus Receives FDA Clearance to Market the PLAC® Test for Assessing Risk of Ischemic Stroke
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Events
Learn more information about the PLAC® test for Lp-PLA2 at the following events:
January 19-21, 2007
Pacific Lipid Association (PLA) Inaugural Meeting
San Diego , California
*A COMPLIMENTARY PLAC TEST WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE BOOTH
February 7-9, 2007
American Stroke Association (ASA) International Stroke Conference
San Francisco, California
Booth #308
*A COMPLIMENTARY PLAC TEST WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE BOOTH
March 24-27, 2007
American College of Cardiology (ACC) 56th Annual Scientific Session
New Orleans, Louisiana
Booth #1465
*A COMPLIMENTARY PLAC TEST WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE BOOTH
April 13-15, 2007
Northeast Lipid Association (NELA) Annual Scientific Forum
Montreal, Quebec
*A COMPLIMENTARY PLAC TEST WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE BOOTH
April 19-21, 2007
American College of Physicians (ACP) Internal Medicine 2007
San Diego, California
Booth #1815
*A COMPLIMENTARY PLAC TEST WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE BOOTH
