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- Barry, a 55-year-old, was admitted to hospital with severe chest pain,
which had been present for the past 30 min. He had a previous history
of angina. Which serum markers should be measured for this patient
on admission? - If a patient is found to have high VLDL levels in the blood, what
change in diet could help to lower the concentration? - Suggest why chylomicrons are not taken up by LDL receptors.
Further Reading
Chalela, JA, Merino, JG and Warach, S (2004) Update on stroke. Curr. Opin.
Neurol.17: 447–451.Chilton, RJ (2004) Pathophysiology of coronary heart disease: a brief review.
J. Am. Osteopath Assoc.104: S5–S8.Choy, PC, Siow, YL and Mymin, DOK (2004) Lipids and atherosclerosis.
Biochem. Cell Biol. 82: 212–214.Fox, KF (2005) investigation and management of chest pain. Heart91: 105–
110.Nicholas, M (2004) Heart failure: pathophysiology, treatment and nursing
care. Nursing Stand.19: 46–51.Page, RL (2004) Clinical practice. Newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation. N. Engl.
J. Med.351: 2408–2416.Rullan, F and Sigal, LH (2001) Rheumatic fever. Curr. Rheumatol. Rep.3:
445–452.Scott, J (2004) Pathophysiology and biochemistry of cardiovascular disease.
Curr. Opin. Genet. Dev. 14: 271–279.Torney, WT (1996) The diagnosis and management of acute myocardial
infarction – a role for biochemical markers? Ann. Clin. Biochem.33: 477–481.Yee, CA (2005) Endocarditis: the infected heart. Nursing Manage.36: 25–30.Useful web sites:
‘Target Heart Diseases’ is a free booklet produced by the Association of
the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) copies of which are available
from the ABPI, 12 Whitehall, London SW1A 2DY or from their website:
http://www.abpi.org.ukCox, D and Dougall, H (2001) What’s so difficult about ECGs – a bundle of
what? – a series of articles for medical students about understanding ECGs,
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