[Description of a special form of postprandial hyperlipidemia: possible cause of premature coronary heart disease].

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We have studied the metabolism of post-prandial lipoproteins in four male patients who suffered from premature (less than 60 years) angiographically proven coronary heart disease. They had normal to low total and low density lipoprotein cholesterol levels. Other risk factors were absent. Using the vitamin A fat loading test we were able to show that the clearance of chylomicron remnants was delayed compared to...

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