Table 2.

Lipoprotein apheresis (LA) methods and treated plasma and blood volumes

LA method	Number of treatments (n = 36,745)	Plasma (P) and blood (B) volumes, mL per treatment
Heparin-induced extracorporeal LDL precipitation apheresis	17,758 (48.3 %)	3103 ± 705 (P)
Temperature optimized Double filtration plasmapheresis	9370 (25.5 %)	3100 ± 675 (P)
Polyacrylate adsorption (Direct adsorption of lipoproteins from whole blood)	9218 (25.1 %)	8129 ± 1,173 (B)
Simple DFPP (Membrane filtration optimised novel extracorporeal treatment)	399 (1.1 %)	3600 ± 842 (P)