Lipid peroxidation and change of plasma lipids in acute ischemic stroke.

An estimation was made of the changes of the plasma lipid components and of the level of lipid peroxidation in acute ischemic stroke either as a transient accident (TLA) or as a cerebral vascular accident (CVA). The level of serum triglycerides was found significantly increased in the patients with CVA, in correlation with a decrease of the total HDL values due to the decrease of the HDL subfraction. As compared with the control group the LDL/HDL ratio presented increased values due to the decrease of the serum HDL concentration (respectively of the HDL2). The lipid peroxidation presented a more marked increase in patients with transient ischemic accident.