EAPC quiz: Dyslipidaemia after heart transplantation

The case

• Male patient, 59 year-old, with ishaemic heart disease, angina, history of myocardial infarction presented at the hospital with the development of chronic heart failure (CHF)
• History of smoking, stopped after the myocardial infarction
• Parents had atherosclerosis and stroke
• Normal weight
• Normal BP before development of CHF
• No tendon xanthomas or arcus
• Normal glucose levels
• Total cholesterol 9.83 mmol/l, Triglycerides 1.58 mmol/l, LDL-C 7.93 mmol/l, HDL-C 1.18 mmol/l

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