Peculiarities of changes in the rate of cholesterol synthesis in lymphocytes and lipid and lipoprotein peripheral blood levels in patients with ischemic heart disease and hypercholesterolemia in the course of combined treatment with lovastatin and obsidan

Abstract

It is shown that the level of total serum cholesterol dropped and the rate of cholesterol synthesis in lymphocytes remained unchanged after 12 months of lovastatin treatment (20 mg/day) in patients with coronary heart disease. The administration of lovastatin abolished the deleterious effect of obsidan on the blood lipid spectrum.