Apheresis therapy, sometimes called blood cleansing, gently and precisely removes harmful substances from the blood – including LDL cholesterol, lipoprotein(a), autoantibodies, and inflammatory messengers – to help reduce factors that contribute to disease.

Blood or plasma is extracted from the body through veins, cleaned outside the body using an apheresis machine and various filters, and then returned to the body.

Apheresis treatment lasts approximately two to three hours and is performed on an outpatient basis.