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Clearance of chylomicron remnants in normolipidaemic patients with coronary artery disease: case control study over three years.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  8616304     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that subjects who clear chylomicron remnants slowly from plasma may be at higher risk of coronary artery disease than indicated by their fasting plasma lipid concentrations. DESIGN: Case control study over three years. SETTING: An 800 bed general municipal hospital. SUBJECTS: 85 normolipidaemic patients with coronary artery disease selected prospectively and matched with 85 normolipidaemic subjects with normal coronary arteries on angiography. INTERVENTIONS: All subjects were given a vitamin A fat loading test which specifically labels intestinal lipoproteins with retinyl palmitate. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Postprandial lipoprotein metabolism. RESULTS: The area below the chylomicron remnant retinyl palmitate curve was significantly increased in the coronary artery disease group as compared with the controls (mean 23.4 (SD 15.0) v 15.3 (8.9) mumol/l.h; 95% confidence interval of difference 4.37 to 11.82). CONCLUSION: Normolipidaemic patients with coronary artery disease had significantly higher concentrations of chylomicron remnants in plasma than normolipidaemic subjects with normal coronary vessels. This may explain the mechanism underlying the susceptibility to atherosclerosis of coronary artery disease patients with normal fasting lipid values. As diet and drugs can ameliorate the accumulation of postprandial lipoproteins in plasma, the concentration of chylomicron remnants should be measured in patients at high risk of coronary artery disease.
Authors:
M S Weintraub; I Grosskopf; T Rassin; H Miller; G Charach; H H Rotmensch; M Liron; A Rubinstein; A Iaina
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  BMJ (Clinical research ed.)     Volume:  312     ISSN:  0959-8138     ISO Abbreviation:  BMJ     Publication Date:  1996 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1996-06-07     Completed Date:  1996-06-07     Revised Date:  2010-03-24    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8900488     Medline TA:  BMJ     Country:  ENGLAND    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  935-9     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Tel Aviv-Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Aged
Case-Control Studies
Chylomicrons / blood,  metabolism*
Coronary Disease / etiology*,  metabolism
Dietary Fats / diagnostic use
Female
Humans
Lipids / blood*
Lipoproteins / metabolism
Male
Middle Aged
Prospective Studies
Triglycerides / metabolism
Vitamin A / diagnostic use
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Chylomicrons; 0/Dietary Fats; 0/Lipids; 0/Lipoproteins; 0/Triglycerides; 11103-57-4/Vitamin A
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