Relations of lipids and lipoproteins with angiographically assessed coronary artery disease

Back ground: coronary artery disease (cad) has diverse etiology. atherosclerosisis a major cause of cad. plasma lipids and lipoproteins abnormalities are frequently associated with the presence of atherosclerotic cad. aim: to find out the discriminators and predictors of the presence,extent and severity of cad,in terms of lipids and lipoproteins. stud period: march 2013 to january 2014 methods: one hundred twenty three male patients of cad admitted for coronary angiography and 50 apparently healthy control male subjects were selected for lipids and lipoproteins analysis. results: analysis of study data showed that lipids and lipoproteins abnormalities except chylomicron were present only in patients having abnormal coronary angiograms. conclusion: it was concluded that ldl. hdl2c and ratio of ldl/hdl2c were be discriminators and potentially predictors of presence (>50% stenosis),extent (number of vessel involved) and severity (maximum present stenosis of lumen) of cad.