Background - Carriers of the apolipoprotein A-IMilano (apoA-IM) mutant present with very low plasma HDL cholesterol and moderate hypertriglyceridemia, apparently not leading to premature coronary heart disease. The objective of this study was to establish whether this high-risk lipid/lipoprotein profile is associated with structural changes in the carotid arteries and heart, indicative of preclinical atherosclerosis. Methods and Results - Twenty-one A-IM carriers were compared with age- and sex-matched control subjects from the same kindred and with 2 series of matched subjects with primary hypoalphalipoproteinemia (HA). Structural changes in the carotid arteries were defined as the intima-media thickness (IMT) measured by B-mode ultrasound. HA subjects, both recruited among patients attending our Lipid Clinic and blood donors, showed significant thickening of the carotids (average IMT, 0.86±0.25 and 0.88±0.29 mm, respectively) compared with control subjects (average IMT, 0.64±0.12 mm); the apoA-IM carriers instead showed normal arterial thickness (average IMT, 0.63±0.10 mm). Moreover, a significantly higher prevalence of atherosclerotic plaques was found in patients and blood donors with HA (both 57%) compared with apoA-IM carriers (33%) and control subjects (21%). Echocardiographic findings and maximal treadmill ECG did not differ significantly between apoA-IM carriers and control subjects, apart from a slight increase in left ventricular end-diastolic dimension in the carriers. Conclusions - Despite severe HA, carders of the apoA-IM mutant do not show structural changes in the arteries and heart, in contrast to HA subjects, who are characterized by a marked increase in carotid IMT and increased prevalence of atherosclerotic plaques.
Cardiovascular status of carriers of the apolipoprotein A-I-Milano mutant - The Limone sul Garda study / C. Sirtori, L. Calabresi, G. Franceschini, D. Baldassarre, M. Amato, J. Johansson, M. Salvetti, C. Monteduro, R. Zulli, M. Muiesan, E. Agabiti-Rosei. - In: CIRCULATION. - ISSN 0009-7322. - 103:15(2001), pp. 1949-1954. [10.1161/01.CIR.103.15.1949]
Cardiovascular status of carriers of the apolipoprotein A-I-Milano mutant - The Limone sul Garda study
C. SirtoriPrimo
;L. CalabresiSecondo
;G. Franceschini;D. Baldassarre;
2001
Abstract
Background - Carriers of the apolipoprotein A-IMilano (apoA-IM) mutant present with very low plasma HDL cholesterol and moderate hypertriglyceridemia, apparently not leading to premature coronary heart disease. The objective of this study was to establish whether this high-risk lipid/lipoprotein profile is associated with structural changes in the carotid arteries and heart, indicative of preclinical atherosclerosis. Methods and Results - Twenty-one A-IM carriers were compared with age- and sex-matched control subjects from the same kindred and with 2 series of matched subjects with primary hypoalphalipoproteinemia (HA). Structural changes in the carotid arteries were defined as the intima-media thickness (IMT) measured by B-mode ultrasound. HA subjects, both recruited among patients attending our Lipid Clinic and blood donors, showed significant thickening of the carotids (average IMT, 0.86±0.25 and 0.88±0.29 mm, respectively) compared with control subjects (average IMT, 0.64±0.12 mm); the apoA-IM carriers instead showed normal arterial thickness (average IMT, 0.63±0.10 mm). Moreover, a significantly higher prevalence of atherosclerotic plaques was found in patients and blood donors with HA (both 57%) compared with apoA-IM carriers (33%) and control subjects (21%). Echocardiographic findings and maximal treadmill ECG did not differ significantly between apoA-IM carriers and control subjects, apart from a slight increase in left ventricular end-diastolic dimension in the carriers. Conclusions - Despite severe HA, carders of the apoA-IM mutant do not show structural changes in the arteries and heart, in contrast to HA subjects, who are characterized by a marked increase in carotid IMT and increased prevalence of atherosclerotic plaques.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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