title: [Alpha cholesterol in ischemic heart disease and myocardial infarct].
abstract: Alpha-cholesterol is one of the risk factors for the manifestation of myocardial infarction. The authors examined 48 patients with ischemic heart disease, complicated with myocardial infarction, 28 males and 20 females, aged from 40 to 60, treated at the Clinic of Cardiovascular Diseases with Intensive Unit, RIID--Med. Academy. Ninety three control subjects were examined for a comparison--43 males and 50 females, aged from 40 to 60. Lower alpha-cholesterol values were found in the patients with myocardial infarction. Those data coincide with the communications in literature. Alpha-cholesterol reduction could be assessed as an indirect risk factor of a atherosclerosis, ischemic heart disease resp.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000097:blood*; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D008055:Lipids; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL; D002784:Cholesterol
vernacular_title: Nivata na alfa-kholesterola pri iskhemichna bolest na sŭrtseto s miokarden infarkt.