[Atherogenic changes in lipid metabolism caused by alcohol].

Plasma lipid composition, and plasma and myocardial high-density lipoprotein (HDLP) content were examined in subjects who died of acute ethanol poisoning and in cases of sudden coronary death. Alcohol-induced disorders of lipid metabolism were in many respects similar to lipid metabolic disturbances associated with coronary disease (hypertriglyceridemia, hyperpre-beta- and hyper-beta-lipoproteinemia, myocardial lipoidosis). These disorders of lipid metabolism had developed in the presence of increased blood HDLP and cholesterol HDLP, which are known to produce an anti-atherogenic effect.