[Cholesterol in serum high density lipoprotein fraction (author's transl)].

The risk of atheroma can be assessed and valid epidemiological surveys can be carried out by measuring cholesterol in serum high density lipoprotein fraction (HDL) and calculating the HDL cholesterol: VLDL + LDL ratio. This was done in 39 patients free from surgically confirmed atheromatous lesions and in 51 patients presenting with such lesions. Of the four different techniques used for separation in these patients (ultracentrifugation, precipitation with heparin-Mn2+, precipitation with phosphotungstate-Mg2+ and electrophoresis), precipitation with phosphotungstate-Mg/2+ seems to be the most suitable, since there is no degradation of the HDL fraction as during electrophoresis on polyacrylamide gel, and less floculation of the supernatant after separation.

[Aortic and mitral monovalvular replacements. Comparison of the ball prosthesis of Starr-Edwards (1260-6120) and the tilting disc prosthesis of Bjork-Shiley. Series of 390 patients].

The evaluation of short and long term replacement by the Björk-Shiley tilting disc prosthesis (BS) and by the Starr-Edwards ball and cage prosthesis (SE) was carried out on a series of 390 consecutive patients. In mitral replacement, operative mortality rate (SE 5.9 P.