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SUBMITTER: Clemens RK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8394478 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Clemens Robert K RK Hunjadi Monika M Ritsch Andreas A Rohrer Lucia L Meier Thomas O TO Amann-Vesti Beatrice B von Eckardstein Arnold A Annema Wijtske W
Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) 20210804 8
<h4>Background</h4>Cholesterol efflux is an important mechanism by which high-density lipoproteins (HDLs) protect against cardiovascular disease. As peripheral artery disease (PAD) is associated with high mortality rates, mainly due to cardiovascular causes, we investigated whether cholesterol efflux capacity (CEC) of apolipoprotein B (apoB)-depleted plasma, a widely used surrogate of HDL function, may serve as a predictive marker for mortality in this patient population.<h4>Methods</h4>In this ...[more]