Correlation of trans fatty acids with the severity of coronary artery disease lesions.

Background: Nutritional choices, which include the source of dietary fatty acids (FA), have an important significant impact on coronary artery disease (CAD). We aimed to determine on patients with CAD the relationships between Trans fatty acids (Trans FA) and different CAD associated parameters such as inflammatory and oxidative stress parameters in addition to Gensini score as a vascular severity index.

Methods: Fatty acid profiles were established by gas chromatography from 111 CAD patients compared to 120 age-matched control group.

Association of plasma fatty acid alteration with the severity of coronary artery disease lesions in Tunisian patients.

Background: Some factors related to diet are known to be involved in the progression of atherosclerosis in humans.

Methods: The relationship between plasma fatty acid (FA) levels and the severity of coronary artery disease (CAD), evaluated by Gensini score (GS), was investigated in CAD Tunisian patients compared to controls. Lipid profiles were analyzed, GS was calculated in CAD and non-CAD patients and compared to controls.