Circulating immune complexes and apolipoproteins in ischemic heart disease
Osipov, S.G.; Keĭnova, E.E.; Titov, V.N.; Iaroshevskaia, F.M.; Eremeeva, M.V.
Kardiologiia 26(4): 67-70
1986
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-9040 PMID: 3712956 Document Number: 286075
Levels of circulating immune complexes (CIC) and apolipoproteins (apo-A and apo-B) were compared and correlated with the severity of atherosclerotic affection of heart vessels in coronary patients with coronarographically-verified coronary arterial atherosclerosis. An inverse correlation between blood CIC and apo-A levels, and a direct correlation between the CIC level and the apo-B/apo-A index were demonstrated. The variation of CIC levels in patients with atherosclerotic lesions of varying severity corresponded to that of the apo-B/apo-A index. The correlation of these parameters was particularly significant in coronary patients with 2 coronary vessels affected.