[The manifestations of IHD and the status of the coronary arteries in patients with the antiphospholipid syndrome].

Of 20 patients with antiphospholipid syndrome 6 were found clinically and upon special tests to have signs of ischemic heart disease. All the 6 had shifts in lipid spectrum of plasma. It is important to study coronary pathology in antiphospholipid syndrome to elucidate mechanisms underlying thrombosis and vascular atherosclerosis in human diseases.