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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Nov 21.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Surg. 1978 Jan;113(1):71–74. doi: 10.1001/archsurg.1978.01370130073012

Table 1.

Patients With Type II Hyperlipidemia Treated at the University of Colorado, Denver

Patient/Age, yr Date of Operation Preshunt, mg/100 ml Serum Cholesterol Clinical Result Comments
Postshunt, mg/100 ml Final Reduction, %
1/12 3/1/73 769 290 62 Died 18½ mo postoperatively of cardiac arrest Old myocardial infarct with ventricular aneurysm; residual stenoses of coronary arteries; xanthomas had disappeared.
2/7 10/4/74 997 450 55 Good Underwent aortic & mitral valve replacement plus double coronary artery bypass 25 months after shunt; xanthomas nearly completely disappeared.
3/8 8/5/75 1000 620 38 Good Xanthomas slowly disappearing