[Correlation between juvenile myocardial infarct in parents and plasma fibrinogen levels in their offspring].

140 children of parents who had acute myocardial infarction before age 45 and 75 healthy children without any familial history of coronary artery disease--as a control group--were investigated ranging in age from 3-18 years. It was found that plasma fibrinogen concentration significantly increased compared to age and sex adjusted control in sons of parents suffering from premature coronary artery disease. Results of this study suggest a significant association between parents' and children's fibrinogen level.

[A new diet for inducing early experimental atherosclerosis in rabbits].

Authors by a new combined diet consisting of cholesterol vitamin D3 and sour cream produced clinico-biochemical changes characteristic for atherosclerosis in a very short period in rabbits. This diet caused severe lipoproteinaemia, hypercholesterinaemia and microscopis and macroscopic changes in the aortic wall. Authors assume, that this diet is suitable for producin atherosclerosis in a short period.