ESSENTIAL ROLE OF POST-HEPARIN LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE ACTIVITY AND OF PLASMA TESTOSTERONE IN CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE

Abstract 89 consecutive men for whom coronary angiography was requested because of suspected coronary artery disease were investigated with respect to plasma lipids, lipoproteins, post-heparin lipoprotein lipase (LPL), and some hormones that influence LPL. The severity of coronary-artery disease was expressed by the coronary score (CS). Coronary-artery disease correlated with total plasma cholesterol, low-density lipoproteins, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-chol), and HDL 2 . In addition, there was a strong negative correlation (r = - 0·479, p