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Clinical consequences of hyperlipidaemia
Author(s) -
Thompson G. R.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of inherited metabolic disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.462
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1573-2665
pISSN - 0141-8955
DOI - 10.1007/bf01800567
Subject(s) - medicine , coronary heart disease , acute pancreatitis , pancreatitis , disease , intensive care medicine , cardiology
Summary Hyperlipidaemia is a common and important clinical entity which frequently has a genetic basis. The chief features of severe hypertriglyceridaemia are eruptive xanthomata and acute pancreatitis, whereas most forms of hypercholesterolaemia are associated with premature coronary heart disease. This applies especially to familial hypercholesterolaemia, which is also characterized by tendon xanthomata. Better recognition of hyperlipidaemia allied to recent improvements in treatment should help reduce the frequency of its disabling and sometimes fatal consequences.