I. Lipoproteins
GLOSSARY
coronary artery disease same as coronary heart disease; obstruc¬tion of the coronary arteries with symptoms such as chest pain, angina, or heart attacks.
hypercholesterolemia elevated cholesterol level.
hypertriglyceridemia elevated triglyceride level.
myocardial infarction death of an area of heart muscle due to blockage of a coronary artery by blood clot and atheroma; medical term for a heart attack or coronary thrombosis.
DYSLIPIDEMIAISTHETERM MOSTFREQUENTLYUSED to describe blood lipid abnormalities. Hyperlipidemia, hyperlipoproteinemia, or dyslipoproteinemia are all terms used worldwide to describe dyslipidemia. Hypercholester-olemia describes the elevation of total blood cholesterol and hyperlipidemia describes elevation of a total choles¬terol and LDL cholesterol. In the past decade the importance of the smaller HDL cholesterol particle has received much attention, because a very low HDL choles¬terol carries a risk for coronary artery disease even when the total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol are relatively normal.

• I. LIPOPROTEINS
  A. Size
• BIBLIOGRAPHY
  Boekholdt, S. M., Kuivenhoven, J. A., Wareham, N. J. et al. The prospective EPIC (European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and nutrition)–Norfolk population study: Plasma levels of cholesteryl ester transfer protein and the risk of future coronary artery disease in apparently healthy men and women. Circulation, 110:1418–1423, 2004.

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