The analysis of structural lipid of the hair of patients with angina pectoris.

A study of 48 patients with angina pectoris carried out, in which the structural lipids of the hair were analyzed and correlated with the manifestations of angina and the potential incidence of dyslipidemia. It was noted that the excesses of hair lipids associated with deficiencies of some unsaturated fatty acids raised the frequency of angina attacks in the group studied by 2.7 times. The normalization of the lipid levels diminished the levels of angina. Data were obtained on the influence over a long time (weeks, months) of the hypolipidemic treatment. The analysis of the hair has been shown to be also useful in detecting latent dyslipidemia associated with angina pectoris. Also, through the analysis of hair, large scale epidemiologic studies can be carried out on the association between dyslipidemia and angina pectoris.