High incidence of dyslipidaemia in the offspring of Greek men with premature coronary artery disease

European Heart Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 395-401

  Rallidis, Loukianos S ^a,c   Papageorgakis, N H ^b   Megalou, A A ^b   Exadactylos, N J ^b   Tsitouris, G K ^b   Papasteriadis, E G ^a  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL OF NIKEA   (Greece)

^b EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c 74 Thermopylon ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Family history; Lipoprotein(a); Offspring; Premature coronary artery disease; Total cholesterol

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPOPROTEIN A; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FAMILY HISTORY; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL; CORONARY DISEASE; GREECE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; LIPOPROTEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 17144474881     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.1997.0770     Document Type: Article

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