Apolipoprotein A-I deficiency with accumulated risk for CHD but no symptoms of CHD
2002
Abstract We evaluated a 69-year-old Japanese woman with apolipoprotein (apo) A-I deficiency, high levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol, hypertension and impaired glucose tolerance. The patient had corneal opacity, but neither xanthomas, xanthelasma, nor tonsillar hypertrophy. She was not symptomatic for coronary heart disease (CHD), and had normal electrocardiograms at rest and exercise using a cycle ergometer. She had severely reduced levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol (0.10–0.18 mmol/l) and no apo A-I (
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