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1634641

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-8-25
pubmed:abstractText
As part of a randomized, single-blind, comparative study evaluating the efficacy of lovastatin and bezafibrate retard in the treatment of primary hypercholesterolemia, hemorheologic parameters (whole blood viscosity, hematocrit, plasma viscosity, red blood cell aggregation and deformability, and fibrinogen) were studied in 35 patients. Whole blood viscosity and plasma viscosity improved significantly after 3 months of treatment with lovastatin, whereas other hemorheologic variables remained unchanged. Stratifying 24 patients by their lipoprotein Lp(a) levels showed that in those with low Lp(a) (less than or equal to 25 mg/dL) high-density lipoprotein cholesterol increased and red blood cell aggregation as well as deformability decreased considerably, whereas in the group with high Lp(a) levels (greater than 25 mg/dL), the opposite behavior was observed. Treatment of primary hypercholesterolemia with lovastatin may not only reduce the risk for atherosclerotic complications by its pronounced decrease of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, but also may favorably alter blood rheology, and may decrease insudation of plasmatic components into the arterial wall and improve tissue perfusion, in particular on the microcirculatory level. The possible relevance of Lp(a) levels for the hemorheologic effects of lovastatin remains to be elucidated.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0091-2700
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
32
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
539-45
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Lovastatin alters blood rheology in primary hyperlipoproteinemia: dependence on lipoprotein(a)?
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine IV, Ulm University Medical Center, Federal Republic of Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Comparative Study, Randomized Controlled Trial