Open AccessExtremely high high‐density lipoprotein cholesterol with coronary artery disease: Case report
Author(s) -
Sawalha Khalid,
Kamoga GilbertRoy
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.4092
Subject(s) - medicine , high density lipoprotein , coronary artery disease , cholesterylester transfer protein , lipoprotein , cardiology , cholesterol , coronary heart disease , endocrinology
Whether this extremely high high‐density lipoprotein (HDL) level due to chronic alcohol abuse or cholesteryl ester transfer protein or others, we report this interesting case of extremely high high‐density lipoprotein to emphasize that serum HDL is not always protective from development of coronary heart disease.