Abstract
We examined the acute and long-term effects of coronary artery bypass (CABG) surgery on serum lipid, lipoprotein and apolipoprotein levels. One series of 34 patients having CABG surgery was studied pre-operatively and for six weeks afterwards, and another 22 patients were investigated before and two years after CABG surgery. None of the patients studied received any lipid-lowering drug therapy or specific dietary advice. In both groups, pre-operative serum lipoprotein (a) (Lp(a)) and serum triglyceride concentrations were raised and serum high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and apolipoprotein Al (apo Al) were low compared to healthy people. Acutely, there were profound decreases of 40-60% in the serum levels of cholesterol (p
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 539-545 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Quarterly Journal of Medicine |
Volume | 87 |
Issue number | 9 |
Publication status | Published - 1994 |
Keywords
- Adult
- Aged
- analysis: Apolipoproteins B
- blood: Cholesterol
- blood: Cholesterol, HDL
- Coronary Artery Bypass
- blood: Coronary Disease
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- blood: Lipoprotein(a)
- blood: Lipoproteins
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Postoperative Period
- Prospective Studies
- blood: Triglycerides