title: [Lp(a) and the cardiovascular risk in dyslipidemia subjects].
abstract: In this paper the presence of a correlation between plasma Lp(a) levels and peripheral vascular disease (PVD) and/or coronary heart disease (CHD) was investigated in 20 dyslipidaemic patients (10 males and 10 females, well matched for age, type of hyperlydaemia and other CVD risk factors). Lp(a) plasma levels, ECG and carotid and femoral arteries duplex ultrasonography were performed in all the patients. No difference in plasma Lp(a) levels between patients without and with carotid and femoral arteries stenotic lesions was observed. On the contrary Lp(a) was significantly higher in patients with ECG signs of coronary ischaemic heart diseases than in patients with normal ECG. These observations confirm the importance of Lp(a) as a risk factor for coronary heart disease in dyslipidaemic patients.
authors.affiliation: Centro per lo Studio e la Terapia delle Dislipidemie, Azienda Ospedaliera, Parma.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Arsenio
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cioni
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Japichino
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Strata
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005215:Fasting / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis; D017270:Lipoprotein(a) / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric
chemical_list: D017270:Lipoprotein(a)