Etiology of Atherosclerosis

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 25 Aug 1956 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Nature, volume 178, pages 422-422 (issn: 0028-0836, eissn: 1476-4687,

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Authors: H B, GREIG;

doi: 10.1038/178422b0

pmid: 13358770

Etiology of Atherosclerosis

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A RECENT observation has been made which may have an important bearing on current views regarding the etiology of atherosclerosis. It has been observed that alimentary lipaeia, induced by a normal fat-containing meal (for example, a mixed grill), is inhibitory to the spontaneous in vitro fibrinolytic mechanism of blood which is active at pH 7.4 after dilution of the plasma1. The mean values in twenty normal subjects for the percentage of clot lysed in 24 hr. before, and 3½–4 hr. after, a fat-containing meal are as follow:

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Keywords

Fats, Arteriosclerosis, Humans

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