Clinical Research Directory

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Written informed consent (signed and dated). 2. Males and females aged ≥18 years. 3. Presence of one of the following ASCVDs for at least 3 months within the 2 years prior to signing the informed consent to participate in this study: * history of MI; * history of IS and/or TIA; * IHD confirmed by coronary angiography (stenosis ≥50%); * any revascularization surgery (emergency or planned), including CABG, PCI, carotid endarterectomy or carotid/intracranial stenting; * peripheral artery disease (intermittent claudication with ankle-brachial index ≤0.90 and/or lower limb amputation or revascularization in case of lower limb ischemia). Exclusion Criteria: 1. Acute infectious and inflammatory diseases, such as COVID-19, in the month leading up to the Screening visit. 2. Lp(a)-lowering therapy/methods (Lp(a) apheresis with PCSK9 inhibitors, inclisiran prior to the Screening visit) in the medical history before the Screening visit. 3. Participation in any interventional clinical study with investigational or marketed medicinal products at the time of enrollment. 4. Participation in other real-world clinical studies. 5. Stages 4 and 5 of chronic kidney disease (glomerular filtration rate CKD-EPI \<30 mL/min/1.73 m2) and/or hepatic disease (total bilirubin: 2 × ULN). Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply.