The risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) is related to environmental factors and genetic variants. Apolipoprotein E (apoE) polymorphisms are heritable determinants of total and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, with some authors suggesting an association between the ε4 allele and CHD. We investigated the relationship between apoE genotype and age at referral to a specialized lipid clinic by the primary care ...
Os autores descrevem dois casos clínicos (pai e filha), que recorreram ao Serviço de Urgência com tremor das extremidades, ansiedade, palpitações, náuseas, cefaleias e tonturas, duas horas após ingestão de fígado de vaca. Analiticamente apresentavam leucocitose com neutrofilia, hipocaliémia e hiperglicémia. Após tratamento com potássio e.v. e propranolol, houve desaparecimento da sintomatologia no SU. Os sintom...
We investigated the efficacy of fish oils in Portuguese patients with hypertriglyceridaemia and mixed hyperlipidaemia, and the influence of fish consumption on the triglyceride lowering capacity of fish oils. Forty patients participated in this double-blind study, consisting of a 4-week dietary or wash-out baseline period after which patients were randomly assigned to receive either 12 fish oil capsules (3.6 g/...
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